CALL FOR PAPERS (Extended)

Edited Book Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG,

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN INDONESIA
Editors: Riyanti Djalante, Frank Thomalla, Matthias Garschagen, Rajib Shaw
Extended due date for abstract submission 4th of November 2015
Notice of abstract acceptance
6th of November 2015
Last date for paper submission:
1st of April 2016
RATIONALE AND CONTRIBUTION OF THE EDITED BOOK
The numbers and impacts of disasters are increasingly more frequent and the impacts
are felt to be more costly and affected more people. The geographical, social,
economical and environmental situations influence the vulnerability of the people across
regions and social groups.
Indonesia is acknowledged as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to a
range of natural hazards and climate change impacts. Hydro-metrological disasters
occurred most frequently and affected the greatest number of people, while geophysical
disasters caused most death in Indonesia. The interaction of increased population,
uncontrolled urbanization, and economic development without proper consideration of
the environmental impacts has led to high vulnerability and risk toward disasters and
climate change in Indonesia. As a low lying coastal country, climate change is expected
to have impacts in terms of increasing frequency and severity of hydro-meteorological
events. It is extremely important that Indonesia needs to reduce its risks and hence
build resilience of the nations and communities to disasters.
This edited book presents disaster risk reduction (DRR) programs, activities, and
researches that have been done in Indonesia. A country which has undergone
significant transformation in the way DRR is planned and implemented by a multiplicity
of organizations at various governance levels, existence of regulatory frameworks and
financial mechanisms, and multitude community resilience building initiatives. While
there is a wealth of knowledge available on DRR in Indonesia, they are mainly in forms
of organizational reports, government documents, journal articles and news reports.
This edited book adds to this breadth of knowledge through collating and presenting
that knowledge and promises to inform readers on the review of hazards and disasters
occurrences, current programming, activities and latest researches from key research
institutions, implementing organizations, written by some of the most authoritative
figures on DRR on Indonesia.
Readers of this edited book will be those who want to gain a comprehensive
understanding of latest development in DRR activities and research on Indonesia,
researches and students who want to gain understanding of research on a range of
environmental hazards and risks. This edited book promises to have a blend of
practitioners and researchers perspective on progress and challenges in DRR in
Indonesia.

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POTENTIAL CHAPTERS OUTLINE

The manuscript may be based on a theme/ sub-theme including, but not limited to the following
potential chapters
Part I: Hazards and risks in Indonesia (overview chapter on the historical overview of
disasters events).
The supporting chapters can give overview of particular hazards, or write case study on how
the hazard has impacted particular areas in Indonesia
Chapter 1.
Earthquake
Chapter 2.
Volcanic eruption
Chapter 3.
Flood
Chapter 4.
Tsunami
Chapter 5.
Landslide
Chapter 6.
Windstorm (angin puting beliung)
Chapter 7.
Forest fire
Chapter 8.
Coastal erosion

Part II: Measuring and Reducing Vulnerability (overview chapter on critical review of
activities, programs, tools that have been done in Indonesia to measure and reduce
vulnerability)
Chapter 9.
Poverty and disaster
Chapter 10.
Gender and disaster
Chapter 11.
Children, youth and disaster
Chapter 12.
Ethics, culture, religion and disaster

Part III: Institutions and governance for DRR (overview chapter on the latest progress and
challenges)
Chapter 13.
Actors and activities at the national level
Chapter 14.
Actors and activities at the sub-national level
Chapter 15.
Actors and activities at the local level
Chapter 16.
Programs by international agencies
Chapter 17.
Financing DRR
Chapter 18.
Progress in integrating DRR and CCA

Part IV: Building resilience (overview chapter on critical review of activities, programs, tools
that have been done in Indonesia to build resilience)
Chapter 19.
Early warning system
Chapter 20.
Disaster preparedness
Chapter 21.
Community resilience in coastal areas
Chapter 22.
Ecosystem-based DRR/CCA
Chapter 23.
Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
Chapter 24.
10 Years of Aceh tsunami

Part V: DRR and beyond (An overview paper on the general progress in building resilience,
HFA, SFDRR and SDGs)
Chapter 25.
Role of Indonesia in the ASEAN region
Chapter 26.
Review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action, and
the SFDRR
Chapter 27.
DRR and CCA Integration in Indonesia
Chapter 28.
The SDGs

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MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Kindly follow the following guidelines for submitting your manuscript:
1. Manuscripts can be written in forms of conceptual/theoretical paper or reports on
implementation
2. Abstract of the paper should not exceed 300 words, and to contain:
- Name and contact information of the author(s), including institutional affiliation and
email address;
- A brief introduction and background to the topic
- The theoretical framework and/or research questions and methodology or practice
used;
- Results
- Conclusions;
- Implications for future political, action, or research directions (where applicable).
3. Conceptual/theoretical papers for each section will have a maximum of 8,000 words
(excluding references)
4. Chapters that provide case studies or examples will have between 5,000-6,000
words (excluding references)
5. The first page should contain the title of the manuscript and the name, institutional
affiliation, correspondence address, contact no. and email of all author(s)
6. All notes/explanatory notes should be placed as footnotes at the corresponding
page.
7. Only the references used in the text of the paper should be mentioned at the end
8. Tables and Figures should be placed within text and not at the end and be
numbered as Table 1, Figure 1, etc.
9. Other specifications include: Font: Times New Roman, font size: 12, line spacing:
single, format: MS Word (.doc or .docx)
10. Manuscript should be submitted to Dr. Riyanti Djalante (djalante@ehs.unu.edu)
11. The editors can also connect practitioners, who are interested to be involved in
reporting their DRR activities, with students/researchers who are willing to be
involved in the writing processes

KEY TIMELINE FOR EDITED BOOK (12 months)

First Call for papers issued:
Last date for abstract submission:
Extended due date for abstract submission
Extended due date for abstract submission
Notice of abstract acceptance

19th of October 2015

30th of October 2015
4th of November 2015
4th of November 2015
6th of November 2015

Write chapters by authors, 5 months

Last date for paper submission:
Peer-review and finalization by editors
Deadline for revision of papers
Send chapters to publisher for copy editing
Book published, online and printed

Nov 2015 March 2016

1st of April 2016
April 2016 May 2016
30th of May 2016
June 2016
September 2016

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ABOUT THE EDITORS

Dr. Riyanti Djalante is an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation recipient of the Research Fellowship for
Experienced Researchers and currently based at the United Nation University Institute of Environment
and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn, Germany. She has been appointed as an honorary lecturer at
the Halu Oleo University, Indonesia, teaching on subjects of disaster risk reduction, climate change
adaptation, environmental planning and sustainable development. Dr Djalante has been involved as
research fellows and members of research networks of Earth System Governance, International Social
Science Council World Social Science Fellow, Urbanization and Global Environmental Change,
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk and Future Earth. She has also been involved as scientific reviewer
of the IPCC SREX reports and the IPCC 5th Assessment Report, and as journal reviewer in topics related
to natural hazards and disasters. Dr Djalante has worked for the local government in Indonesia
accumulatively for ten years where she has been involved in development planning, and disaster
management departments, in addition to working as an independent consultant for various international
agencies as specialist on issues related to governance, DRR, CCA in Indonesia.
Dr Thomalla leads the SEI Asia Centre's Research Cluster on Reducing Disaster Risk and co-leads SEIs
Initiative on Transforming Development and Disaster Risk. He has more than 20 years of experience and
specializes in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and development. His work focuses on
advancing theoretical and practical understanding of the complex interactions of the human-environment
system and the implications of these processes for poverty reduction, livelihoods, and sustainable,
equitable and resilient development. He has been a principal investigator in a number of large
collaborative research and capacity building projects.
Dr. Matthias Garschagen is the Head of Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management and Adaptive
Planning (VARMAP) at UNU-EHS. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Cologne,
Germany. His main research focus is on urban vulnerability, social resilience and climate change
adaptation, particularly in Asia. Dr. Garschagen has been an invited contributing author to the IPCCs
Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) in WG II, chapter 24 on Asia. He further was an invited member to the
FP-7 IDEAS Working Group Towards a Joint Research Program on the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. His
research findings have been featured, for example, in the latest UN-ISDR Global Assessment Report on
Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2013). Besides his engagement with UNU-EHS, he has been a lecturer at
the University of Cologne, Department of Geography, the University of Maastricht and the University of
Bonn. Dr. Garschagen was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation and the
German Academic Exchange Service. He is currently an active member of the working group on
Southeast Asian studies within the German Geographical Association. Over the recent
years, Dr. Garschagen has gathered more than 18 months of field research experience in Vietnam and
India. He studied Geography, Anthropology and Economics at Cologne University, Germany, and at
Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.
Prof. Rajib Shaw is a Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto
University, Japan. He worked closely with the local communities, NGOs, governments and international
organization, including United Nations, especially in the Asian countries. He is currently the Chair of the
United Nations Asia Regional Task Force for Urban Risk Reduction, and the President of Asian University
Network of Environment and Disaster Management (AUEDM). His research interests are: community
based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and
environmental education. He has published several books in the field of disaster and environmental
management. He is also the Chief Editor of Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management.

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