Lead institution:
Center of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation of the Institute Technology of Sumatra – Indonesia
SUSTAIN aims to strengthen the resilience of coastal communities in the Indian Ocean region to the impact of tsunami.
It will achieve this by developing guidelines and building capacities for assessing, planning, adapting, retrofitting and monitoring of critical infrastructure to address tsunami risk. It will consider the specific challenges and requirements of different infrastructure sectors (e.g., transportation, energy, health) and national contexts (e.g., LDCs, SIDS, governance). The project will build upon the results of recent international collaborations for research and capacity building, including CABARET (2017 – 2020, €993,340 Erasmus+ 573816-EPP-1-2016-1-UK-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP), Governance of the upstream-downstream interface in end-to-end tsunami early warning systems (2018 – 2020, £45,000, GCRF/QR/URF) and the Newton Prize (2020 – 2022, Developing and harmonising local capacities for tsunami early warning in Indonesia, £195,630, UK BEIS, AAM002715).
Start Date: 1/7/2025
End Date: 6/30/2029
Lead Contact: Harkunti Pertiwi Rahayu (harkunti.rahayu@pwk.itera.ac.id)