[Research Center for Disaster Mitigation Institut Teknologi Bandung]th[Research and Innovation (Eks. PAU) Building, 8 Floor
Jalan Ganesa No. 10 Bandung 40132, West Java, Indonesia][http://ppmb.itb.ac.id]

OutlineResearch Center for Disaster Mitigation, under the coordination of Institute for Research and Community Service –Institute of Technology Bandung, was established since 2003 with the name of Research Group on Disaster Mitigationand then changed into Center for Disaster Mitigation (in 2005) before its current name. The change of name in 2011
brought wider authority and responsibility.
The missions of RCDM ITB now are to enhance fundamental and applied research activities, which are able toanticipate, respond to and mitigate the disaster risk; to promote fundamental and applied research results that canstrengthen the policy development in disaster management in order to achieve sustainable development; and to support
the formation of disaster mitigation expert-communities in Indonesia through education.
Research Area:RCDM ITB is a multidiscipline area. Many experts from many expertise, such as seismology, active tectonic, tsunami,
infrastructure, geodesy, geology, volcanology, disaster management, regional policy, technology failures, and disaster
instrument, which is represented by board of researcher. Besides, the center is also supported by Advisory Board, which
consisting of respected head of several institutions related with disaster mitigation.
As part of university, the research implemented by RCDMP ITB are focused in three main tasks, i.e. education, researchand community services through community-based disaster mitigation activities to increase the awareness of community.
Features of Research:
Collaborative short course on disaster management with Kyoto University and ASEAN Alliance University and Graduate
Research on Earthquake and Active Tectonic ITB is part of research activities that support the education scheme.
As supporting to research scheme, many researches todevelop disaster risk map and model has been carried out tosupport the government policy. For example, the developmentof New Seismic Hazard Map of Indonesia 2010 (Figure 1), thedevelopment of National Standards for Earthquake Resistance
Building and Bridge Design, the development of Earthquake
Microzonation for Mega Cities in Indonesia 2011-2014, thedevelopment of Probabilistic, Deterministic, Maximum
Considered Earthquake (MCE), and Risk-Adjusted Maximum
Considered Earthquake (MCER) Maps for Design ofEarthquake Resistance Infrastructures in Indonesia, theresearch in developing capacity and fragility functions forhousing, the development of Earthquake Fatality and BuildingDamage Model, the development of RADIUS (RiskAssessment Tools for Diagnostic of Urban Areas Against
Seismic Disaster), the development of Logic Model for DisasterFigure 1. New Seismic Hazard Map of Indonesia 2010
Risk Reduction Policy Analysis, the investigation on theInteraction of Tectonic Strain Toward Volcanic Activity and Its Implications for Disaster Mitigation, the development ofeconomic Losses Mapping Due To Land Subsidence, the investigation on the Building Vulnerability as input toEarthquake Risk Map, the development of Tsunami Modeling, the development of Hazard and Risk Analysis(Earthquake, Flood, Landslide, Tsunami, Volcano), and the investigation on Mainstreaming DRR Into UrbanManagement.
Community-based disaster mitigation, capacity building forschools, retrofitting school building, drill for preparedness,training for increasing teacher and government staff
awareness toward disaster, are examples of action research
activities implemented by the Center to meet the community
service scheme of university, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2.
Examples ofAction Researchfor Community ServiceResearch Achievements and Challenges
Achievement
RCDM ITB has several achievements through conducting the program in education, research andcommunity services.
In education, RCDM has been collaborated with Graduate Research on Earthquake and Active Tectonic ITB(GREAT ITB) in establishing earthquake and active tectonic program study since 2011 Until the year of2013, this program has received 23 master students and 8 doctoral students and currently has graduating 16
master students. RCDM has also collaboration with ASEAN Alliance Universities and Kyoto University in theprogram of Consortium of International Human Resource Development for Construction of Disaster ResilientCountries. This program covered three of scope of works i.e. Development of education program focusing onDisaster Risk Mitigation/Recovery/Reconstruction among ASEAN Alliance Universities, ASALUs and Kyoto
University; Promoting student exchange program for Master students accredited mutually among ASALUs
and Kyoto University to obtain experience in disaster recovery/reconstruction; Promoting exchange programfor young faculties among ASALUs and Kyoto University. There were 5 lecturers and 6 master students,
which were involved in DRC symposium and DRC course in Bangkok and Japan. Also it has been
conducted distance learning program through video conference with Kyoto University and 5 universities inSouth East Asia.
In research scheme, RCDM has achieved in promoting andstrengthening innovative fundamental and applied research
activities in disaster mitigation. As mentioned previously inthe outline, there are several research activities that has
been implemented by RCDM ITB, which has resulted
following outputs New Indonesian Seismic Hazard Map
2010, National Standards for Earthquake Resistance
Building and bridge Design (with Dept. of Public Work)(Figure 3), Earthquake Microzonation for Mega Cities inIndonesia 2011-2014 (Figure 4), Probabilistic, Deterministic,
Maximum Considered Earthquake (MCE), and RiskAdjusted Maximum Considered Earthquake (MCER) Maps
for Design of Earthquake Resistance Infrastructures inIndonesia, developed capacity and fragility functions for
Figure 3. Updating Building Codes
housing, Earthquake Fatality and Building-Damage Model,
RADIUS (Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnostic of Urban Areas Against Seismic Disaster), Logic Model for
Disaster Risk Reduction Policy Analysis, the Interaction ofTectonic Strain Toward Volcanic Activity and Its Implications for
Disaster Mitigation, Economic Losses Mapping Due To Land
Subsidence, Building Vulnerability as input to Earthquake Risk
Map, Tsunami Modeling, Hazard and Risk Analysis (Earthquake,Flood, Landslide, Tsunami, Volcano), DRR that is mainstreamed
into Urban Management. The result of those researches has
provided several models on disaster risk reduction andbecoming input to the government at local and national level inapplying disaster management policy, one of the examples issupporting the Indonesian government to revise national
standards/codes for building and infrastructures. They were also
Figure 4. Seismic Microzonation for DKI Jakarta
scientifically published in journals and conference/seminarproceedings at national and international level.
Inline with the university scheme of community services, RCDM has been conducting action research been
serving the community trough stimulating, educating, and facilitating related institutions and communities in
the national and regional level in order to achieve comprehensive disaster risk mitigation, information
dissemination and transferring the knowledge and technical skills. Several activities has been implementing
in the form of development of disaster material for public awareness, conducting training (TOT), seminars
and workshops for increasing community awareness and capacity, conducting Community Based Disaster
Risk Management, conducting Tsunami Drill, Etc.
All RCDM output and products are achievement for RCDM and support in increasing credibility of RCDM andobtaining trust from various institutions in both national and international level. These achievement would beexpected to make RCDM sustain and obtain more supports from ITB and various national and international
institutions/organizations.
Challenge
One main challenge for our center in conducting the research is the availability of data and information, anddifferent data and information that is provided by different institution. Data and information is important as apart of research analysis to produce the result of research that may describe at least nearly to the actualcondition and it could be used as input in policy development. To overcome the limitation of data, mostresearches conduct primary data collection as well as use proxy data.
Other challenge is political situation in both internal and external institution. Political situation will affect theimplementation of research. Different leader will create different policy, especially to the development policy.
The policy may increase or decrease the vulnerability. If the leader does not have willingness and sense to
the disaster management and disaster mitigation, it will not become their priority. Then, the researcher
should work harder to implement the disaster-related research as well as to advocate the government tomainstream the disaster mitigation, which is based on the result of research, into development program andto use the result of research as input in disaster-friendly government policy.
The increasing of vulnerability as mentioned in the previous paragraph will also increase the risk towardcertain disaster. Therefore, it is important to conduct a research on disaster management in a sustainable
way due to the change of current situation of hazard, vulnerability, and capacity. Sustainability of research
implementation is another challenge faced by our research center. There are many factors contribute insustainbility of research implementation, ones of them are human resources, research facilities andinfrastructure, and also funding.
As researcher, it is important and very useful if the result of research can be understood and accepted bothby government and communication. The problem is the language used by researcher often different fromthat is used by government and community. So, another challenge faced by the research center is how totranslate a result of research into the language that can be easily understood by the government andcommunity.
Another challenge is how to reach more disciplines to involve in the disaster management research. Disastermanagement has been developed as a new discipline, but it cannot be separated from other disciplines.
Therefore, how the research on disaster management can reach more disciplines, so it can be integrated
into other sectors of disciplines.