The Government of Indonesia (GoI) defined COVID-19 outbreak as a non-natural disaster as stated in the Decision Letter of Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana/BNPB) 9A/2020 concerning the Status of Determining the Specific Situation of Coronavirus Disease in Indonesia, prompting the President to declare a state of public health emergency which subsequently led the President to ask relevant ministers to take maximum steps to stop the virus transmission. As the virus began spreading to different parts of the country, including to the most populous province in Indonesia: West Java, local governments, particularly regional and city governments, saw the need to enact stringent measures in their region to the extent which is allowed by their right of autonomy. In doing so, the West Java regional government, which receives its mandate from the national government, is tasked with coordinating and delegating countermeasures to the city/district governments under its jurisdiction, which include mass testing, social restrictions, and securing health services. However, we learned that issues arise during the course of this delegation, including coordination issues between national and local governments, vertical and horizontal mechanisms, and decision making. This paper aims to answer: "How does West Java govern the response to the COVID-19 pandemic?". It does so by assessing the efforts done by the West Java regional government and its corresponding city/district governments to contain the COVID-19 virus from March to August 2020. The assessment also identifies the gaps which exist between the regional and local governments and use them to formulate recommendations aimed at improving West Java's institutional response to COVID-19.
Tingginya tingkat urbanisasi di kawasan perkotaan berdampak pada perubahan lahan hijau menjadi lahan terbangun. Kondisi ini berdampak pada pembangunan kawasan perkotaan yang kurang berkelanjutan dikarenakan semakin sempitnya ruang terbuka hijau dalam menjaga kelestarian lingkungan. Dewasa ini, dalam upaya meningkatkan peran melalui pembangunan Ruang Terbuka Hijau (RTH) sebagai penyedia jasa lingkungan maka salah satu konsep pengembanganya melalui pembangunan RTH yang terintegrasi atau dikenal dengan infrastruktur hijau (IH). Pengembangan IH hendaknya memperhatikan karakteristik lokal dari Kota Bandar Lampung agar manfaat secara lingkungan dapat lebih maksimal. Atas dasar pertimbangan tersebut maka penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyusun prinsip pengembangan RTH sebagai IH dalam mewujudkan Kota Bandar Lampung yang lebih berkelanjutan. Prinsip ini hendaknya dapat menjadi acuan bagi pemerintah daerah dalam menyusun arahan kebijakan pembangunan Kota Bandar Lampung yang lebih berwawasan lingkungan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif, metode ini digunakan untuk menjelaskan fakta-fata yang ada dilapangan terkait dengan data-data statistik untuk memperoleh simpulan yang utuh dan sistematis. Kondisi eksisting saat ini, Kota Bandar lampung memiliki beberapa tipologi dari IH diantaranya kawasan reservasi, IH dengan lahan dimiliki oleh pemerintah/publik, lahan produktif untuk kegiatan pertanian, dan taman kota. Berdasarkan tipologi IH yang ada dan sesuai dengan karakteristik Kota Bandar Lampung, maka prinsip pengembangan RTH sebagai IH harus diarahkan pada konservasi lingkungan perkotaan, keterhubungan, dan peningkatan estetika kota.
Tanjung Lesung, Pandeglang was designated as the first Tourism Special Economic Zones since 2015. However, the coastal area in Pandeglang is prone to disasters. Recently, a tsunami upended the hospitality industry in Pandeglang. Compounded with the occurrence of COVID-19 outbreak, recovery measures prove to be more difficult. The tourism sector has broader economic implications due to its ties with other supporting sectors. The purpose of this study is to understand the direct impacts on tourism and its supporting industry after the tsunami and COVID-19 outbreak in Pandeglang. Therefore, the research question is: “What are the direct impacts of the 2018 tsunami and COVID-19 outbreak to Pandeglang tourism?”. This research uses a qualitative method, particularly content analysis of news, articles, journals, and the result of interviews. The results show that the direct impacts of both disasters to the Pandeglang tourism sector comprise of three aspects, namely the damage in physical assets, the decrease in value property, and the loss of lives. As a regency that relies heavily on tourism as one of its mainstay economic sectors, the tsunami and COVID-19 pandemic are big blows to Pandeglang tourism.
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