Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Building Resiliency to Tsunami Hazards by training Indonesian Geoscientists and Local Communities

This project will apply a multidisciplinary approach that integrates data from the following tasks: (1) survey for and analyze tsunami deposits for past run up heights, (2) combine these data with historical accounts to construct numerical models of past and potential tsunami events, (3) use these models to develop tsunami inundation maps needed for education and evacuation drills, (4) assist local educators and leaders to inform those in harm’s way about past tsunami events and how to respond to future tsunami hazards, (5) involve the community (especially women and youth) in ground-checking tsunami inundation maps, (6) assist local communities with creating evacuation signs and maximum tsunami run-up monuments for past events, and (7) assist local leaders with tsunami evacuation drills.

Principal Investigator

Professor Ron Harris, Brigham Young University  
In Harm's Way

Team members

Brigham Young University: Dr.  Whitehead and selected graduate students
Utah Valley University: Dr. Horns
Universitas Pembangunan Nasional: C. Prasetyadi, N. Roosmawati, and selected students
APMD Indonesian Institute of Community Development: L. Angeningsih
BPBD – Indonesian Government Disaster Mitigation Agency: J. Fretha
Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia  Indonesian Institute of Science: E. Yulianto

• In Harm's Way: Indian Ocean Tsunami (Video)
• Will Indonesia be Ready for the Next Tsunami (Dec 2014)
• Waves Java report First Year Annual