Recent Research from University of Cologne Highlight Findings in Disaster Risk Reduction (Assessing the Degree of Tidal Flood Damage To Salt Harvesting Landscape Using Synthetic Approach and Gis – Case Study: Cirebon, West Java)

2021 APR 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Disaster Risk Reduction have been published. According to news reporting out of Cologne, Germany, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Tidal flood implications for agricultural areas have been relatively neglected in research due to their relatively low economic values. Nevertheless, many rural coastal communities are facing these types of floods regularly, especially salt harvesters.”

Financial support for this research came from Ministry of Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia (RISTEK).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Cologne, “Based on a synthetic approach using damage functions and the Geographic Information System, this study applies previous simulations from a hydrodynamic model to quantify vulnerability through flood depth and duration. A depth-duration damage function using a synthetic approach was applied to develop damage curves based on previous events. Data was collected through a questionnaire aimed at salt harvesters? group representatives. This data was used to evaluate the direct monetary loss related to two recorded events in Cirebon, West Java: in June 2016 (Event A) and in May 2018 (Event B). Those events brought losses of about Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) 74.11 x 10(9) (5.37%) and IDR 13.79 x 10(9) (8.1%) for Event A and Event B respectively. This study reveals the different vulnerability levels of the events, which represent different production stages in salt harvesting.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This paper presents methods and information to support risk management in salt harvesting, including prioritizing mitigation strategies.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Assessing the Degree of Tidal Flood Damage To Salt Harvesting Landscape Using Synthetic Approach and Gis - Case Study: Cirebon, West Java. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2021;55. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction can be contacted at: Elsevier, Radarweg 29, 1043 Nx Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-disaster-risk-reduction/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Anang Widhi Nirwansyah, University of Cologne, Institute for Geography, Albertus Magnus Pl, D-50923 Cologne, Germany.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102099. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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