Report on the UNESCO Chair workshop on geoenvironmental disaster reduction 28th April - 1st may, 2019, Palu - Jakarta, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Fikri Faris, Teuku Faisal Fathani, Fawu Wang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2019-08-01
• Series: Geoenvironmental Disasters
• Subjects: International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGdR); UNESCO Chair workshop; Palu earthquake
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40677-019-0129-5
• ISSN: 2197-8670

Abstract The UNESCO Chair Workshop on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction was held on 28 April – 1 May 2019 in Palu City and Jakarta, Indonesia. Firstly, this article introduces the background and objectives of the workshop, reports the field trip around disaster area of 7.4 Mw 2018.9.28 Palu-Donggala earthquake, and then reports the ICGdR 2019 Council Meeting and UNESCO Chair Workshop in UNESCO Office, Jakarta. Finally, this article oulines the visit on Indonesian Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), Jakarta.