Designing a resilient relief supply network for natural disasters in West Java Indonesia 

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 puts a stronger emphasis on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) as opposed to Disaster Management, acknowledging the importance of risk management and strengthening resilience against disasters. Based on the Sendai Framework, the Indonesian government produces a national plan for disaster risk management (RENAS PB), which highlights the needs for Indonesia to improve its preparedness and response to natural disasters. This project will help in addressing these needs by considering multi-disaster scenarios in West-Java (Indonesia), a province of area 37,000km2 and population of over 46 million, which has the highest multi-disaster risk index in Indonesia. We will develop methods that optimise the delivery of essential food items following a quick onset natural disaster in a region that is vulnerable to multiple disasters on a daily basis such as West Java. These methods include optimising procurement decision; inventory management strategies particularly for perishable relief items; and robust routing for post-disaster distribution.