Next year, Indonesia will have a detailed map of disaster-prone areas in the country which is expected to help provincial administrations develop better urban planning for disaster mitigation, an official said. The map will show each area’s natural disaster risk, its vulnerability and its capacity to respond when a natural disaster occurs, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the disaster risk reduction director at the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), told a news conference on Thursday. Read More
