Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic: An Adaptive Disaster Governance in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Since Indonesia reported its first case of COVID-19 in the capital, Jakarta, in early March of 2020, the pandemic has affected 102,051,000 lives. In the second week of the month, the government mandated all sectors to take necessary actions to curb the spread. The research set out to evaluate how th...

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Published in:Social sciences (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 92
Main Authors: Hizbaron, Dyah Rahmawati, Ruslanjari, Dina, Mardiatno, Djati
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2021
Subjects:
adaptive
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Data
disaster
Disaster management
Disasters
Earthquakes
Emergency preparedness
Enforcement
Environmental management
Environmental policy
Governance
Infrastructure
Medical research
Pandemics
Public health
Qualitative research
Regulation
response
Risk reduction
Sustainable development
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta Indonesia
Indonesia
ISSN:2076-0760, 2076-0760
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Summary:Since Indonesia reported its first case of COVID-19 in the capital, Jakarta, in early March of 2020, the pandemic has affected 102,051,000 lives. In the second week of the month, the government mandated all sectors to take necessary actions to curb the spread. The research set out to evaluate how the disaster emergency response was carried out amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (SRY). The research employs qualitative observation of adaptive governance variables, i.e., infrastructure availability, information, conflict mechanism, regulation, and adaptation. The research analyzed primary data collected from focus group discussions with key persons at the Local Disaster Management Agency, Local Development Planning Agency, and Disaster Risk Reduction Platform responsible for the crisis and included an online survey to validate data. The research revealed that the SRY had exhibited adaptive governance to the COVID-19 pandemic, as apparent by, among others, open-access spatial and non-spatial data, extensive combined uses of both types of data, and prompt active engagement of communities in the enforcement of new rules and regulations mandated by national and provincial governments. Furthermore, during emergency responses to COVID-19, the stakeholders provided infrastructure and information, dealt with conflicts in multiple spatial units, encouraged adaptations, and formulated emergent rules and regulations. For further research, we encourage qualitative analysis to confront other types of natural disaster for the research area.
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ISSN:2076-0760
2076-0760
DOI:10.3390/socsci10030092