SPECIAL PROJECT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION(IDNDR)
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University of Japan (DPRI) and research institutes in China and Indonesia had been carrying out the joint research program for prevention and mitigation of natural disasters in the three years of 1991-1993, as a program cooperating to IDNDR which adopted by the United Nations in 1987 and was decided by the Japanese cabinet council in 1989. Another five year program has started following the previous joint project from 1994. The research project and the counterpart organizations in Indonesia and China:
General Title of the Project
PREDICTION AND MITIGATION OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN INDONESIA AND CHINA
Main Subjects Indonesia
I-1: Igneous Process and Tectonics
I-2: Disasters Caused by Floods and Geomorphological Changes and Their Mitigation
Main Subjects in China
C-1: Prediction of Strong Earthquake Ground Motions, Earthquake Disaster Prediction and Mitigation
C-2: Assessment of Landslide Hazards in Lishan(Yang-Que-Fe Palace)
C-3: Mechanics of Viscous Debris Flow and Countermeasures for it
Indonesian and Chinese Counterpart Organizations:
Ministry of Public Works of Indonesia(Jakarta)
Volcanological Survey of Indonesia(Jakarta)
Institute Technology Bandung(Bandung)
Indonesian Institute of Sciences(Bandung)
Institute of Engineering Mechanics(Harbin)
Institute of Geophysics(Beijing)
Xian construction committee(Xian)
Seismological Bureau of Yunnan(Kunming)
Harbin University of Architecture and Engineering(Harbin)
Hebei Institute of Technology(Tangshan)
Chendu Institute for Mountain Disaster and Environment (Chendu),
Lanzhou Railway Institute(Lanzhou)
