The 10 year commemoration of 2004 Sumatra Tsunami disaster will be held on December 26th 2014 in countries and places all over the world where this disaster has changed the life of individuals, communities, and society as a whole.

In Banda Aceh, Indonesia, teaching and research staffs of Syiah Kuala Universiti (UNSyiah) are conducting an assessment study on 10 year recoveries & reconstructions at Banda Aceh city from the 2004 Sumatra Tsunami. This study is to be a collaborative effort between Banda Aceh and Kobe of Japan that suffered a heavy damage due to the 1995 Great Hanashin-Awaji Earthquake (Kobe EQ).

The organisations involved in the study are; UNSyiah (TDMRC:Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Graduate Program of Disaster Science, and the Administration Office), Kobe University, and Kobe Institute of Urban Research.

This blog is to facilitate the above study by communicating among the members involved in this study project.

Yasuo Tanaka 31/03/2014