Open AccessThe role of communication as the disaster risk reduction in Indonesia capital city transference policy
Author(s) -
Z Khumairoh,
Idk Kerta Widana,
Siswo Hadi Sumantri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/708/1/012101
Subject(s) - disaster risk reduction , government (linguistics) , hazard , risk communication , public relations , business , natural disaster , order (exchange) , capital (architecture) , crisis communication , capital city , political science , environmental planning , risk analysis (engineering) , geography , finance , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , economic geography , organic chemistry , archaeology , meteorology
Disaster can not be avoided, but the risk of disasters is able to be diminished through mitigation. Mitigation in the form of discussion and communication becoming an instrument of society in facing the matters of life. This study describes the role of government in preventing to face the hazard potentials and disaster mitigations, such as natural hazards, disasters and conflicts through the effective communication. This study applied a descriptive qualitative approach through forum discussion group method and literature study. The informants in this study are the stakeholders of government organizations those are the experts of disasters, such as BNPB, BMKG, KLH and the academics. The theories in this study are the theory of communication and disaster mitigation focusing on the effective communication for enhancing the disaster risk reduction related to Indonesia capital city transference plans in Kalimantan. The result of this study shows that the role of disaster communication can help the government giving and socializing the information to the society in order to support the successful of disaster risk reductions.