Rebuilding Bukit Lawang : the role of ICTs for sustainable development in a post-disaster Indonesian village

• Main Authors: Anisha Baghudana, Shilvia Kasdani
• Other Authors: Arul Indrasen Chib
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15720
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rebuilding the tourism-based economy of Bukit Lawang, a village in North Sumatra, Indonesia. In 2003, a flood killed one-third of the population and destroyed critical infrastructure, resulting in a heavy loss of to...