On 28 September, DPPC and DID organized the first joint seminar that gathered over 60 participants from different DID departments at both federal and state levels. Professor Emeritus Kuniyoshi Takeuchi of Yamanashi University presented on 2 topics, “Transdisciplinary Approaches to Disaster Management: Case studies from Asia” and “Integrated Flood Analysis: Overview of IFAS/RRI models and field application,” while DID officer and DPPC member each introduced their respective activities in flood mitigation measures and research.
DPPC proposed to jointly develop a research project with DID in the next few months on priority issues to be raised by Humid Tropics Centre (HTC) of DID.
