TY - BOOK AU - SHANNON Rachel TI - Social dimensions of science-humanitarian collaboration: lessons from Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia PY - 2014/// KW - INDONESIA KW - DISASTER RISK REDUCTION KW - DIASASTER MANAGEMENT N2 - The article begins by describing factors which contribute to, as well as limit, collaboration between scientific research and humanitarian policy with the object of achieving better Disaster Rsik Reduction (DRR). Continues with a case study of Padang on the southwestern cost of Sumatra; this area has experienced several significant earthquakes in recent years and the risk of future great earthquakes remains high, hence the need for effective DRR mechanisms ER -