Fighting the Ignorance: Public Authorities’ and Land Users’ Responses to Land Subsidence in Indonesia  

作　　者：Erlis Saputra Thomas Hartmann Annelies Zoomers Tejo Spit 

机构地区：[1]Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands [2]Department of Development Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

出　　处：《American Journal of Climate Change》2017年第1期1-21,共21页美国气候变化期刊（英文）

摘　　要：Land subsidence can have a considerable impact on the socio-economic viability of areas. In urban areas, land subsidence tends to damage buildings and infrastructures gradually, while in rural peat land it slowly destroys vegetation. The damages will worsen since climate change has further implications for the areas affected by land subsidence. In Indonesia, the response to land subsidence varies in different areas in terms of awareness, urgency and action on the part of both public authorities and land users. This paper systematically investigates these varied responses in urban and rural peat land areas. Interviews with experts and surveys of 330 land users in selected sub-districts were conducted and further supplemented by focus group discussions. We found that both the public authorities as well as the land users’ responses were considered as of limited value to contest land subsidence. We suggest that the endorsement of land users’ response into governmental policies would make a significant difference in improving land subsidence management.Land subsidence can have a considerable impact on the socio-economic viability of areas. In urban areas, land subsidence tends to damage buildings and infrastructures gradually, while in rural peat land it slowly destroys vegetation. The damages will worsen since climate change has further implications for the areas affected by land subsidence. In Indonesia, the response to land subsidence varies in different areas in terms of awareness, urgency and action on the part of both public authorities and land users. This paper systematically investigates these varied responses in urban and rural peat land areas. Interviews with experts and surveys of 330 land users in selected sub-districts were conducted and further supplemented by focus group discussions. We found that both the public authorities as well as the land users’ responses were considered as of limited value to contest land subsidence. We suggest that the endorsement of land users’ response into governmental policies would make a significant difference in improving land subsidence management.

关 键 词：Indonesia LAND SUBSIDENCE LAND USERS PUBLIC Authorities Response 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]