Indonesia tsunami 2018

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In September 2018, a tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, causing widespread damage, especially to the city of Palu.

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Indonesia
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Documents and publications
2022

Agency-driven and community-driven impact in livelihood recovery: Beneficiaries stories

This study aims to explore how agency-driven and community-driven approaches were perceived by the community following the 2018 Central Sulawesi Tsunami.
Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
Documents and publications
2019

Recalibrating disaster governance in ASEAN after the 2018 central Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami

The 2018 Central Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami highlights the complexity of simultaneous disasters, their compounding effects and cumulative impacts. It also emphasises the challenge of responding to disasters in a multi-hazard prone archipelago. More

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Nanyang Technological University
Documents and publications
2019

Numerical modeling of the subaerial landslide source of the 22 December 2018 Anak Krakatoa volcanic tsunami, Indonesia

The eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano (Indonesia) in December 2018 produced a destructive tsunami with maximum runup of 13 m killing 437 people. Since the occurrence of this rare tsunami, it has been a challenge as how to model this tsunami and to

Elsevier
Documents and publications
2019

Complex hazard cascade culminating in the Anak Krakatau sector collapse

This paper documents flank instability and sector collapses, which pose major threats, and are common on volcanic islands. On 22 Dec 2018, a sector collapse event occurred at Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait, triggering a deadly tsunami

Nature Communications
Research briefs

Indonesia: Rice irrigation intensified landslides in the deadliest earthquake of 2018, finds NTU study

Irrigation significantly exacerbated the earthquake-triggered landslides in Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in 2018, according to an international study.
Nanyang Technological University
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New research reveals the impact of communal irrigation systems on the 2018 earthquake-triggered landslides in Palu, Indonesia

New research has found that changes to the environment caused by human activity can promote earthquake-triggered landslides.
University of London
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Indonesia: Dreaming of a tsunami barrier

A tsunami roared over the coast of Palu in 2018, now there are plans to construct a tsunami barrier to prevent Palu from being easily overrun in the future.
Tempo Interactive
Update

Indonesia tsunami rebuild edges forward, but not for everyone

A year after earthquakes and tsunami waves devastated Palu, more than 57,000 survivors are still homeless and tens of thousands more are waiting for help to rebuild.
The New Humanitarian
Update

Indonesia: Using satellite information to help build after a disaster

ADB and ESA are helping Indonesia recover after the 2018 earthquake, providing environmental information products from Earth observation data.
European Space Agency
Documents and publications
2019

Charting the new norm? Local leadership in the first 100 days of the Sulawesi earthquake response

This practice paper provides a rapid analysis of the disaster response following the September 28th 7.4 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The paper found that localisation of humanitarian aid is an emerging new norm in the Asia

Pujiono Centre for Disaster and Climate Risk Reduction Studies, the

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