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Science Communication for Disaster Risk Reduction: Role of LIPI Through the COMPRESS Program

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Effective science communication is essential for addressing the call that science needs to be more responsive to the needs of society. However, there are still gaps in understanding the role of science in reducing disaster risks and also strengthening the capacity of those at risk. Over the past decades, it is generally agreed that the physical and natural sciences predominated in disaster research and frameworks of disaster risk reduction interventions. The Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) is amongst the pioneering national research institutions that conduct natural and social studies in Indonesia. In the early 1990s, LIPI’s studies predominantly emerged from geo-hazard disciplines, with several attempts to communicate science to the public. Only after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami did scientists from social and natural science backgrounds come together to understand and agree that the loss of lives during disasters was not down to a lack of knowledge, rather a weak role of science and science communication. It was realized that commonly adopted technical approaches in reducing risks were deemed ineffective and insufficient to bring social changes.

This chapter aims to contribute social perspectives of disaster risk reduction, by analyzing the role of the LIPI Community Preparedness Program (COMPRESS) on science communication for tsunami risk reduction, from 2004 to 2014. This chapter uses the approach and analysis of agriculture extension workers in conducting communication for rural innovations. It shares 10 years of LIPI’s experience in reaching out to the public through creative learning processes, such as learning-by doing and experimental approaches. It also shares the key highlights of communicating science, as well as instrumental challenges in sustaining science communication in Indonesia.

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    Through an interview with Bambang Suwargadi, team member LIPI -Caltech/EOS who was engaged in the research as well as delivering socializations in earthquake and tsunami in Saibi Samukop from 2002.

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  1. International Center for Interdisciplinary and Advanced Research – Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, Indonesia

    Irina Rafliana

  2. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany

    Irina Rafliana

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  1. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany

    Riyanti Djalante

  2. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany

    Matthias Garschagen

  3. Stockholm Environment Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

    Frank Thomalla

  4. Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan

    Rajib Shaw

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Rafliana, I. (2017). Science Communication for Disaster Risk Reduction: Role of LIPI Through the COMPRESS Program. In: Djalante, R., Garschagen, M., Thomalla, F., Shaw, R. (eds) Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54466-3_17

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