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Professor, Geography & Head, Geospatial Information Agency
Faculty of Geography
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Aris is a Professor of Geography at the Universitas Gadjah Mada and the coordinator of the Indonesian geomorphological group. He is also head of the Indonesian Geospatial Information Agency. As the Lead Indonesian Co-Investigator for Retreating from Risk, Aris has over 15 years of experience working on coastal geomorphology, coastal community resilience, and ecosystem based disaster risk reduction.
Aris is an active member of the Centers for Natural Resources and Development, a worldwide university network promoting academic exchange and cooperation in natural resources management, in particular related to water, land, ecosystem, and renewable energy resources. In 2015, he was appointed as one of the Climate Change Expert Team members in the City Links Climate Adaptation Partnership Program (Semarang, Indonesia-Gold Coast Australia), a program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In 2017, Aris became a reviewer for the Centers for Collaboration Research Program: The Sustainable Higher Education Research Alliances (USAID SHERA), in collaboration with the USAID and Indonesia’s Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education. In 2020, he was appointed to a scientific council for integrated water resources management in the Joint Funding Scheme EU-Southeast Asia, Indonesian Science Fund (DIPI).
ARis has been engaged in numerous joint initiatives including the Community Resilience and Economic Development Program (2015-2018), funded by the New Zealand Aids, and the “Development of Climate Adaptation Tools: Towards Cities Resilient in Java Island, Indonesia” project (2017-2019), a National Geographic Foundation for Science and Exploration Program. He has published 310 publications and supervised 175 students.
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- Handayani, W., Mutaqin, B. W., Marfai, M. A., et al. (2022). Coastal hazard modeling in Indonesia small island: Case study of Ternate Island. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1039(1).
- Triyanti, A., Marfai, M.A., Mei, E.T.W., Rafliana, I. (2021). "Review of socio-economic development pathway scenarios for climate change adaptation in Indonesia: Disaster risk reduction perspective." In R. Djalante, J. Jupesta, & E. Aldrian (Eds.), Climate change research, policy and actions in Indonesia. Springer Climate.
- Marfai, M.A., Riasasi, W., & Suriadi, S. (2019). Role of disaster preparedness and climate change mitigation on the assessment of coastal disaster resilience in Brebes. Proc. SPIE 11372, Sixth International Symposium on LAPAN-IPB Satellite.
- Triyanti, A., Walz, Y., Marfai, M.A., Renaud, F., & Djalante, R. (2017). "Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in Indonesia: Unfolding challenges and opportunities." In Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Progress, challenges, and opportunities. Springer.
- Marfai, M.A., Sekaranom, A.B., & Ward, P. (2015). Community responses and adaptation strategies toward flood hazard in Jakarta, Indonesia. Natural Hazards 75.
- Marfai, M.A. (2014). Impact of sea level rise to coastal ecology: A case study on the northern part of Java Island, Indonesia. Quaestiones Geographicae 33 (1).
- Sakijege, T., Sartohadi, J., Marfai, M.A., Kassenga, G.R., & Kasala, S.E. (2014). Assessment of adaptation strategies to flooding: A comparative study between informal settlements of Keko Machungwa in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Sangkrah in Surakarta, Indonesia. Boloka Institutional Repository.
- Marfai, M.A. (2012). Preliminary assessment of coastal erosion and local community adaptation in Sayung coastal area, Central Java, Indonesia. Quaestiones Geographicae 31 (3).
- Marfai, M.A., & Hizbaron, D. R. (2011). Community’s adaptive capacity due to coastal flooding in Semrang Coastal City, Indonesia. Annals of the University of Oradea, Geography Series XX1 (2).
- Marfai, M.A., King, L., Sartohadi, J. et al. (2008). The impact of tidal flooding on a coastal community in Semarang, Indonesia. Environmentalist 28.