CARAPANDANG - By Alnus Meinata & Agung Hasan Lukman
The deadly flash floods that recently struck Sumatra should serve as a moment of pause for all of us, a time to reconsider our assumptions that we were prepared for the worst impacts of nature. Instead, these disasters exposed the consequences of human actions layered upon weak disaster preparedness, degraded ecosystems, and inadequate spatial planning. What happened in Sumatra is not an isolated tragedy; it reflects a systemic gap that must be urgently addressed across Indonesia.
