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This is the research website of Kim Williamson, a student in the Human Ecology program at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.

Most of the material on this website can be found on the research blog here.

The drafts of the thesis can be found here.

This website also includes an About page with more background information about the research, and a timeline of key dates.
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Ngibikan village, Jogyakarta, 2006. Photo credits: Eko Prawoto

Kim has been carrying out fieldwork in based in Jogyakarta, Indonesia, researching disaster response and opportunities for sustainable practice in emergency shelter, with the help of Dave Hodgkin (environmental housing and emergency shelter consultant, and former Masters student in the Human Ecology program). This research focuses on a case study of the use of bamboo in the transitional shelter program in the Jogyakarta earthquake response, 2006-2007.

This website is designed to share, discuss and document this research, which reflects a wealth of knowledge and experience of disaster management workers, NGO workers, bamboo experts, academics and others who have contributed to this particular exploration into the complexities of disaster management and its environmental implications.

Comments and feedback are welcome and can be left in the Guestbook, or after any of the posts on this website. You can contact Kim directly at kim.suree at gmail.com.