The “INSPIRE: Indonesia School Programme to Increase Resilience” project, led by Dr Carmine Galasso at UCL aims to develop an advanced, harmonized and science-based risk assessment framework for school infrastructure in Indonesia subjected to cascading earthquake-tsunami hazards. The project will also investigate hard (e.g., building retrofitting) and soft (disaster risk reduction education) mitigation measures to reduce casualties, economic loss and disruption to school infrastructure, thus increasing community resilience.
Indonesia
Award project period: 1 March 2018- 30 August 2019
Award amount: £122,000
Programme: Newton Fund Institutional Links, British Council
Dr. Carmine Galasso (PI)
Nurmalahayati Nurdin (Co-PI)
Dr Ella Meilianda, Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation centre (TDRMC) at Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia.