2014 Vol 2 June - August

Newsletter R ESEAR CH . KNOW LEDG E. RES I L I EN C E

Dr. Saut Sagala (the far right) was in a field trip of his short course on renewable energy in University of Twente, the Nether-

lands, from 26 May—27June 2014

Fostering Renewable Energy for Future Needs: A Lesson Learned from the Developed Countries

R DI senior fellow, Dr Saut Sagala (on the right) on May 2014

joined a short course in University of Twente, the Netherland,

about clean energy. The aim of the course is to develop partici-

pants’ skills in preparing proposals in the fields of clean energy access.

The course builds upon the most relevant developments in the fields of

climate and sustainable energy finance in order to scale up efforts on GHG

mitigation and to increase clean energy access. In particular the course

focuses on how the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions—NAMAs—

established under the UNFCCC can be implemented, as well as discuss-

ing how to mobilize climate finance and catalyze clean energy deployment

in developing countries. The course includes guest lectures from leading

specialists from the public and private sectors, assignments, case studies,

discussions, and site visits. As part of preparation for participation in the

course, all participants are required to complete, before the course begins,

a short on-line course on the causes and effects of climate change. A

number of past participants now hold senior positions in the energy and

climate sectors at national level as well as in multilateral organizations.

During the course participants have to work on an assignment which in-

volves developing a project proposal which is written

in a format suitable for submission to funding sources

for climate change and/or clean energy access. Partic-

ipants work in pairs on a NAMA proposal. The whole

proposal will be presented and discussed with feed-

back on possible areas for improvement.

Dr. Sagala and his colleague who he met during the

course, Aminu Haruna Isa (Energy Commission of

Nigeria, created proposal theme is about Indonesia:

Energy Use and Renewable Energy Challenges. His

proposal aim is to promote sustainable energy using

bio fuel and strengthen the urban low carbon develop-

ment concept. Dr. Sagala hope this proposal could

give an idea to address current development growth in

Indonesian rural areas and their challenge in climate

change mitigation goals and energy consumption.

For more information on this fellowship please visit the Nuffic

website: http://www.nuffic.nl/nfp.

Invited Lecture #9: Current Review in in Geological Risk Re-search in Indonesia

by Dr. Dicky Muslim, Padjajaran University

O n Saturday 16 August

2014, RDI held an

invited lecture. The

topic of the lecture

was about Current Review in in

Geological Risk Research in

Indonesia presented by Dr. Dicky

Muslim from Faculty of Geologi-

cal Engineering Padjadjaran

University.

Firstly, Dr. Muslim presented

about the history of life in the

Earth in Geologic Time Scale.

The well-known part of the geo-

logic time scale is the Jurassic

due to the Dinosaur Era. The

extinction of dinosaurs is one

proof that geological and other

environmental hazards could be

threats for existing life. So, there

is a need for social and ecologi-

cal system to have capacity to

prepare and adapt with possible

threats that may affect them in

the future.

Indonesia is located in the inter-

section of Eurasian continental

plate, Indo-Australian Plate, and

Pacific Plate. Due to its geologi-

cal settings, Indonesia is given

abundant resources, such as oil

and natural gas source, fertile

soils, and so on. In the other

hand, several catastrophic events

in the last decade have proved

that Indonesia is prone to disas-

ter due to geological activity.

Therefore, the benefit of geologi-

cal setting must be maximized in

order to enhance nation resili-

ence to geological hazards. How-

ever, current geological research

in disaster in Indonesia is very

limited to dimension of geological

hazards. Therefore, there is a

need of collaboration across

disciplines

Other Invited Lecture news is

now available on RDI’s website:

Invited Lecture #6: Lecture by Dr. Yudha P “Energy Policy Develop-

ment in Indonesia”

Invited Lecture #7: Lecture by Dr. Sandhi Bramono “Solid Waste Management in Indonesia Cities: Current Practice and Future

Challenges”

Invited Lecture #8: Lecture by Dr Herryal Anwar “Tsunami Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Re-

cent Studies in Indonesia”.

RDI WORKING PAPER

SERIES

Current working papers can be downloaded on RDI’s website: 1. Ahadi,M.R., Sagala, S., and

Takao, K. Forest Conservation through Village Community Program in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, Indone-sia [WP No. 6, March 2014

2. Sagala, S., Asirin, A., Sani, I.R., and Pratama, A.A. Tinda-kan Penyesuaian Petani ter-hadap Perubahan Iklim, Studi Kasus Kabupaten Indramayu [WP No. 7, April 2014]

3. Armis, R. Sagala, S., and Ogarwa, K. Transportation Network Capacity Analysis for People Evacuation under Tsunami Scenario in the City of Bengkulu [WP No. 8, May 2014]

4. Wimbardana, R., Sagala, S., Wijayanti, A.R., and Pratama, A.A. Integrasi Rehabilitasi Sosio-Ekonomi Penduduk Setelah Gunung Merapi Ta-hun 2010 terhadap Perencanaan Pemulihan [WP No. 9, June 2014]

5. Sitinjak, E.L., Sagala,S., and Rianawati, E. Opportunity for Sister City Application to Sup-port Resilience City [WP No. 10, July 2014]

Saturday, 16 August 2014

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Sagala, S., Wimbardana, R. and Prathama, F. (2014) Perilaku dan Kesiapsiagaan terkait Kebakaran pada Penghuni Permukiman Padat

Kota Bandung. Journal of Forum Geografi. Vol 28 (1). July 2014

Abstract. This paper examines the behavior and preparedness of occupants in high density settlements towards fire risks in urban area. The case study is located at Kelurahan Sukahaji, Kecamatan Baba-kan Ciparay, Bandung that has very high density settlement as well as prone to fire hazards. This study assess 232 respondents in the study areas on information related to demography, understanding about fire, behavior and preparedness. The respondents understand-ing on the types of fire sources are still low. Similarly, the behavior related to the activities using fire are still dangerous because some activities are conducted with other activities which make people less aware of the fire hazards. Nevertheless, their knowledge on how to extinguish fires are quite good. There is a need for more trainings on knowledge of fire source and behavior to be conducted to occupants

living in high density settlements in order to reduce fire disaster risk.

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