Building Sustainable System for Resilience and Innovation in Coastal Community

Protecting Indonesia’s coastline with green infrastructure

Principal Investigator

- Prof.
  MORI Nobuhito
  Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
- Dr.
  Mohammad FARID
  Head of Center for Coastal and Marine Development, Bandung Institute of Technology

ODA Recipient Country

Republic of Indonesia

Research Institutions in Japan

Kyoto University / Tohoku University / Port and Airport Research Institute /Chuo University

Research Institutions in Counterpart Country

Bandung Institute of Technology / National Disaster Management Agency / Gadjah Mada University / University of Indonesia / The Ministry of Public Works and Housing / Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics / National Research and Innovation Agency

Adoption fiscal year

FY 2021

Research Period

5 Years

Overview of the Research Project

Scientific evidence-based improvements to the defensive capabilities of coastal areas and their social implementation
The Indonesian coastline is subject to severe damage due to coastal erosion and submersion by waves and tsunamis, and this hampers the development of coastal areas. We are organizing coastal monitoring networks using the latest technology, carrying out simulations, and transferring technologies for coastal preservation utilizing sandy beaches and mangrove forests, in order to conduct scientific evidence-based improvements to the defensive capabilities of coastal areas and create approaches for their social implementation. Our aim is to create coastal communities that can achieve a balance between disaster prevention, environmental preservation, and economic development.

Disaster prevention and mitigation using green infrastructure
We will conduct standardization of the optimum natural environment-oriented coastal defense technology, combining monitoring for coastal disaster mitigation with green-gray infrastructure taking account of improvements in monitoring and modeling technology and changes over time. We will establish the technology thus developed as Indonesia’s standard technology, with the aim of extending it to other areas and encouraging its adoption in Southeast Asia and Pacific island nations.