TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) has launched a book titled 'Spirit of Humanity: Disaster Risk Management a la Megawati Soekarnoputri.' The book contains the ...

Intervention to address disasters has evolved through time into a complex policy subsystem, and disaster policy is implemented through a set of functions known as emergency management and response.

[Photo: An aerial view of a house in Gilchrist, Texas, that survived the destruction of Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Courtesy of Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA.] Natural disasters are becoming more ...