Social Dimension Neglected in Disaster Recovery
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Researcher at the Population Research Center of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Gusti Ayu Ketut Surtiari (standing) presents her study on the post-disaster recovery in Central Sulawesi at a seminar in Jakarta on Tuesday (15/01/2019).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS -- Rehabilitation and reconstruction are two hugely important steps for disaster survivors in reorganizing their lives and making better preparations for the future. However, disaster recovery is often too focused on repairing infrastructure at the expense of improving the affected people’s sociocultural life.
The neglect of sociocultural aspects in disaster recovery often leads to further problems, as happened in Central Sulawesi after the recent earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction. A team of researchers from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences’ (LIPI) population research center highlights these problems in its recent study.