Budi Andayani

Promoting the hybrid socio-technical approach for effective disaster risk reduction in developing countries

This paper highlights the importance of integrating social and technical approaches (which is the so-called “hybrid socio-technical approach”) as one innovative and strategic program with respect to disaster risk reduction. Such a program is mainly based on multi-disciplinary action research to support the community empowerment program through public education. The technical approach was mainly conducted for geological and geotechnical investigation to analyze and predict susceptibility levels of the disaster prone area, as well as to develop an appropriate technology for hazard mapping and disaster early warning. Meanwhile, the social approach was necessary for analyzing and mapping the psycho-social conditions of the disaster prone area, and accordingly an appropriate strategy and program to implement the early warning technology can be formulated. Moreover, it is also important to establish a “community task force” as the driving power for landslide disaster risk reduction which can sustain the program at the village level.

Hybrid Socio-Technical Approach for Landslide Risk Reduction in Indonesia

This paper highlights the importance of integrating social and technical approaches (which is so called a “hybrid socio-technical approach”) as one innovative and strategic program with respect to landslide disaster risk reduction. Such program mainly based on multi-disciplinary action-research to support the community empowerment program through public education. The technical approach was mainly conducted for geological and geotechnical investigation to analyse and predict susceptibility levels of the disaster prone area, as well as to develop an appropriate technology for hazard mapping and disaster early warning. Meanwhile, the social approach was necessary to be undertaken for analysing and mapping the psychosocial conditions of the disaster prone area, and accordingly an appropriate strategy and program to implement the produced technology can be formulated. Moreover, it is also important to establish a “community task force” as the driving power for landslide disaster risk reduction, which can sustain the program at the village level.

TXT-tool 4.062-1.1: Community Hazard Maps for Landslide Risk Reduction

This paper highlights the importance of a non-technical approach to providing hazard maps for community-based landslide risk reduction at the village level. Such maps should be simple and user friendly, so they can be easily prepared and used effectively for mitigation actions by the village communities. Various key parameters required for such mapping are discussed, in line with standard procedures for hazard mapping. A pilot study was carried out in Tengklik Village in Karanganyar Region, Central Java, Indonesia, to test this proposed procedure for hazard mapping. It was concluded that converting the technical information in the maps into more simple terms that will address the practical needs and socio-cultural conditions in any particular village is crucial for assuring the effective employment of such maps in landslide mitigation actions. This chapter describes the achievements and the current activities of IPL-165 “Development of community-based landslide hazard mapping for landslide risk reduction at the village scale in Java, Indonesia” and IPL-158 “Development of Education Program for Sustainable Development in Landslide Vulnerable Area through Student Community Service”.

The Hybrid Socio-technical System for Strategic Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia

The importance of integrating social and technical approachs is promoted in order to develop a “hybrid socio-technical system” as an innovative and strategic program for landslide disaster risk reduction in Indonesia. Such programs mainly based on public education and empowerment as well as community participation, under the partnerships of Gadjah Mada University, national and local governments, local universities, private companies such as through the Corporate Social Responsibility Program of several oil companies in Indonesia, as well as with relevant International Funding Institutions such as the British Council and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Indigenous, simple and low cost technology was also introduced and developed as a part of the hybrid socio-technical system, in order to ensure the effectiveness of implementing such technology, for the life and environmental protection. The International Consortiumon Landslides (ICL) through the International Program on Landslides (IPL) has been playing an important role in supporting the development of this Hybrid Socio-technical System for landslide early warning system and disaster risk reduction in Indonesia.