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As tourism and its related sectors have flourished in Bali Province, Denpasar Municipality, as the capital, has attracted significant urbanization. As a result of this development tendency, the city has become the densest location in the Bali Area. Denpasar Municipality is suffering with urban issues such as waste, land-use changing, housing bubble, and cultural asset loss as a result of the negative effects of urbanization. Not only from the degradation of urban livelihood threat, but Denpasar is also at risk from multi-hazard disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami, floods, extreme weather, forest and land fire, extreme waves, and beach erosion. Currently, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the decline of the tourism business, have forced Denpasar Municipality's resilience to the edge.In addition, to address the threat of disaster and urban issues in Denpasar, this research was conducted to analyze the resilience in the city. Yet, the previous studies have not been addressed the resilience of the urban crisis and disaster in a holistic approach. First, the semi-qualitative research by CDRI (Climate Disaster Resilience Index) Framework was conducted to measure the urban resilience in Denpasar. The result of five parameters (physical, social, institutional, economic, and environment) reveals that West Denpasar has the highest resilience score, followed by South, North, and East Denpasar. In addition, to assess the supporting and restricting resilience factors in Denpasar, a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews with different responsible institutions for disaster management in Denpasar was undertaken. The result shows that sufficient infrastructure and facilities, bonus demographic, collaboration with the private sector, sufficient information access, and control from the government are the supporting factors of resilience while urbanization challenge, budget shifting, the management of the problem, the ownership of the asset, collaboration with the community and focus on physical loss and damage are the restraining factors of resilience in Denpasar Municipality.
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COVID-19 and climate change are widely recognized to negatively impact communities in developing countries. Like several other developing countries, Indonesia also dealt with climatic hazards such as flooding and landslides during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, after the Paris Agreement was signed, the government launched a "Climate Village” program or Kampung Iklim (ProKlim) to enhance community contribution in addressing climatic hazard impacts. Yet, numerous studies have researched integrating COVID-19 and climate change impacts, which calls for a concept of community resilience. To bridge this gap, the objective of this research is to understand and measure the local adaptation and mitigation activities in ProKlim through the smart village concept. Methodological literature review, situation analysis through interviews, and field observations are applied in this study. This research used five indicators to measure the current situation of the Climate Village, which are: resilience, mobility, community, perspectives and digitalization. The findings reveal that the implementation of smart villages in ProKlim is still in its preliminary stages and must seek innovation and system integration from smart cities and smart communities. This research also suggests feasible strategies to build community resilience: (i) collaborative governance in the Climate Village program implementation, (ii) promoting the Climate Village program to other sectors for ICT, and (iii) strengthening community participation in implementing the smart village concept. © 2023 by the authors.
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PurposeThe Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) 2015-2030 offers guidelines to reduce disaster losses and further delivers a wake-up call to be conscious of disasters. Its four priorities hinge on science, technology and innovations as critical elements necessary to support the understanding of disasters and the alternatives to countermeasures. However, the changing dynamics of current and new risks highlight the need for existing approaches to keep pace with these changes. This is further relevant as the timeline for the framework enters its mid-point since its inception. Hence, this study reflects on the aspirations of the Sendai framework for DRR through a review of activities conducted in the past years under science, technology and innovations. Design/methodology/approachMultidimensional secondary datasets are collected and reviewed to give a general insight into the DRR activities of governments and other related agencies over the past years with case examples. The results are then discussed in the context of new global risks and technological advancement. FindingsIt becomes evident that GIS and remote sensing embedded technologies are spearheading innovations for DRR across many countries. However, the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated innovations that use artificial intelligence-based technologies in diverse ways and has thus become important to risk management. These notwithstanding, the incorporation of science, technology and innovations in DRR faces many challenges. To mitigate some of the challenges, the study proposes reforms to the scope and application of science and technology for DRR, as well as suggests a new framework for risk reduction that harnesses stakeholder collaborations and resource mobilizations. Research limitations/implicationsThe approach and proposals made in this study are made in reference to known workable processes and procedures with proven successes. However, contextual differences may affect the suggested approaches. Originality/valueThe study provides alternatives to risk reduction approaches that hinge on practically tested procedures that harness inclusivity attributes deemed significant to the Sendai framework for DRR 2015-2030.
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR) serves as the international standard for disaster risk reduction. The SFDRR places a new emphasis on risk reduction during the post-disaster recovery phase. Additionally, SFDRR encourages tangible and verifiable outcomes for catastrophe loss reduction, such as indicators for tracking progress toward seven global targets. The purpose of this article is to map the current response to the biological disaster (Covid-19) in the City of Balikpapan, Indonesia, for the Sendai Framework, using academic literature and publicly available data from governments and organizations. To provide timely responses to COVID-19 at the municipal level, this study conducted a rapid examination of newly available information from the Balikpapan government and other sources. According to the analysis’s findings, Covid 19 will have ramifications for the Sendai Framework unless the government adopts necessary legislation to keep the Sendai Framework on track. SDFRR was used to detect COVID-19 responses in Balikpapan City, although one target in the SFDRR is unclear or unidentified. Despite the fact that this goal, “Improving Disaster Preparedness for Effective Response and “Building Back Better” in Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction,” is crucial to the Sendai Framework’s success.