Report on EERI Reconnaissance Trip to Palu, Indonesia (11/13/19-11/22/19)
Theme: Short-term displacement, long-term relocation, 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
Venue: Palu, Donggala Regency, Sigi Regency, Jakarta, Bandung (Indonesia)

EERI dispatched a field reconnaissance team to Palu, Indonesia, between November 13 and 22,
to investigate short-term and long-term population displacement after the 2018 Sulawesi
earthquake and tsunami. The mission was supported by their Learning from Earthquakes (LFE)
program. In addition to identify current status and future outlook of displacement and relocation,
the research goals also included to “learn from Indonesian’s experience in managing and planningfor this large displaced population, in a complex hazard environment (EERI 2019)”. The teamincluded: Robert Olshansky, Professor Emeritus of University of Illinois (Leader); Kanako Iuchi,Associate Professor of IRIDeS, Tohoku University; and Ghazala Naeem, Disaster risk management
consultant and architect. The team worked in a close collaboration with Bandung Institute ofTechnology (ITB) (Dr. Rahma Hanifa) and Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning(BAPPENAS) (Andri Mardiah). Supports were increasingly provided on site, for example by UNDPBAPPENAS, Universitas Tadulako, and U-Inspire.
After a kickoff meeting with BAPPENAS in Jakarta, the team traveled to Central Sulawesi toexplore damages caused by tsunami, liquefaction, and fault rupture. The team also observed thecurrent living environment of the affected population in temporary shelters (both tents andtemporary shelters) and in original communities. The team also confirmed permanent residences
currently under construction by government in the designated relocation sites. In addition to thefield investigation, the team had various meetings and conversations with the stakeholders,
including Government (BAPPENAS, Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR),
Ministry of Public Works Public Housing (PUPR), PUPR Taskforce, BAPPEDA (Palu City Donggala,Sigi, Parigi Moutong), BPBD Donggala), Academia (The National Center for Earthquake Studies(PuSGen), University of Indonesia (UI), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Universitas
Tadulako (UNTAD), United Nations (UNESCO), and active local community members.
To conclude this trip, the team presented 7 key findings and issues in relation to short-term
displacement and long-term relocation as preliminary findings for further discussion. This expert
panel was coordinated by ITB in Bandung. BAPPENAS and BNPB had participated in the meeting
to share their visions and reflect on the team’s findings. A report on the EERI reconnaissance trip
to Palu, Indonesia, will be available online in a few months and several webinars are planned to beheld in the near future.

Reported by Kanako Iuchi (Human and Social Response Research Division)(Continues to the next page)Fault movement affected communty road tobend, Donggala Kodi

Mud flows developed by liquefaction damaged
houses, Petobo

Irrigation may have triggered liquefaction,
Jono Oge

A mosque affected by landslides andtsunamis, Palu Bay

Conversations with the local residents, Boya

Attendees of the expert meeting at Bandung
Institute of Technology