Vulnerability assessment: A comparison of three different city sizes in the coastal area of Central Java, Indonesia

Handayani, Wiwandari; Rudiarto, Iwan; Setyono, Jawoto Sih; Chigbu, Uchendu Eugene; Sukmawati, Annisa Mu’awanah

doi:10.1016/j.accre.2017.11.002

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“…The increasing occurrence of climate disasters can be attributed to sea level rise [10,50]. A similar phenomenon was found in the coastal area of Java [20,28]. As shown in Figures 6 and 7, flood events in 2010 were mostly in areas with population growth less than 1%, both in rural and urban areas in the coastal region of Central Java.…”

Section: Urbanization and Climate-related Disasterssupporting

confidence: 59%

A Regional Perspective on Urbanization and Climate-Related Disasters in the Northern Coastal Region of Central Java, Indonesia

Rudiarto

Handayani

Setyono³

2018

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Indonesia, as an archipelagic nation, has about 150 million people (60%) living in coastal areas. Such communities are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of change, in the form of sea level rise and stronger, more intense storms. Population growth in coastal areas will also increase the disaster risk mainly because of climate change-related effects such as flooding, droughts, and tidal floods. This study examines the dynamic changes of urban population and urban villages in three decadal periods, from 1990, 2000, to 2010. To highlight different disasters that are increasingly tied to climate change, the analysis was conducted in the northern coastal area of Central Java province using village potential (PODES) data, which are routinely collected by the government. Results show that about 41% of people in Central Java province live in the northern coastal region and 50% live in urban areas. The numbers of hazard events within a distance range of 0-40 km from the shoreline are: flooding (non-tidal)-335; tidal flooding-65; and droughts-28. Based on this study, about half of flood disasters (non-tidal) occurred within 10 km of the shoreline, while tidal flooding accounted for 80%. Most of the climate-related disasters were found in rural areas at low levels of population growth, while in urban areas the disasters were found to be associated in less than 1% and in more than 3% of population growth.

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Section: Urbanization and Climate-related Disasterssupporting

confidence: 59%

A Regional Perspective on Urbanization and Climate-Related Disasters in the Northern Coastal Region of Central Java, Indonesia

Rudiarto

Handayani

Setyono³

2018

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“…Moreover, distance to urban markets and metaled roads influence the livelihood security of rural households [139]. Studies on the vulnerability of city sizes suggested that larger cities are less vulnerable to hazards compared to small cities as they have more social, economic, physical, and institutional resources to deal with hazards [15,[140][141][142]. In terms of rural households' distance to cities, Maddison [143] argued that farmers living in close proximity to markets are more able to adapt to climate change in eleven African countries.…”

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A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

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Rural areas are highly vulnerable to floods due to limited social, economic, and physical resources. Understanding rural vulnerability is vital for developing effective disaster risk reduction strategies. Even though rural areas and cities are intrinsically linked, rural vulnerability was assessed without considering its relation to cities. Numerous theoretical frameworks on systemizing and assessing vulnerability were developed with varying level of scope and depth in terms of scale, dimensions, and components. Nevertheless, these frameworks did not explicitly mention the impact of flood or other hazards on the linkages between spatial units i.e., rural and urban. This study aims to understand and conceptualize the rural vulnerability with respect to the dynamics of rural–urban linkages in the case of flood events. To do so, current literature on rural–urban linkages, vulnerability, as well as factors that influence them were critically reviewed. Taking into account the main elements of rural–urban linkages (flow of people, information, finances, goods and services), components of vulnerability (exposure, susceptibility, and capacity), and factors (social, economic, institutional, infrastructural, spatial, and environmental), a unified framework is proposed. The framework underscores that the role of rural–urban linkages is essential to fully understand rural flood vulnerability. Moreover, the framework highlights the role of spatial factors—city size and proximity to the city—as crucial to comprehend rural vulnerability. This framework can be used as a tool for understanding multifaceted rural vulnerability for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction considering spatial development perspective. In this context, empirical investigations can be made to validate the proposed framework and policies can be introduced accordingly. Overall, the proposed framework can help recognize concepts and links of vulnerability, rural–urban dependencies, and rural development dynamics.

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“…The study agrees "that one only rarely encounters explicit (post)positivist principles, but we can ascertain the existence of a hidden frame of reference and an implicit epistemological position" [35] (p. 5). For instance, positivist and post-positivist paradigms commonly agree that the purpose of research (whether qualitative or quantitative in approach) include the testing of theories, prediction of outcomes, and determination of relationships between events, or variables or causes and effects [78][79][80][81][82][83][84], as shown in various research studies with mixed approaches [85][86][87][88][89]. The post-positivist perspective of this study has distinguished itself from positivist studies through its implied views that the quantification (particularly through the use of sophisticated statistical methods and mathematical models) do not necessarily "enable the attainment of scientifically relevant insights" [35] (p. 6).…”

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Visually Hypothesising in Scientific Paper Writing: Confirming and Refuting Qualitative Research Hypotheses Using Diagrams

Chigbu

2019

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Qualitative research involves scientific narratives and the analysis and interpretation of textual or numerical data (or both), mostly from conversations and discussions, to uncover meaningful patterns that describe a particular phenomenon. It is important to know other ways of framing and explaining these nuanced scientific narratives so that they can convey scientific knowledge. A qualitative hypothesis can play this role. The testing of hypotheses in qualitative research—which does not strictly mean the same thing as testing of hypotheses in quantitative research—always comes with challenges that provoke concerns. The questions that scholars, especially undergraduate and postgraduate students, have had to deal with are: Is it possible to “test” hypotheses using a qualitative method? If it is possible, how can this be done? This study deconstructs the concept, notion, and use of the hypotheses. It presents the “how-to” aspect of hypothesising (in qualitative research and inquiries) by using creative diagramming within post-positivist research, and also contributes to the literature on visual communication and qualitative research. The study is a guide to early career scholars (including undergraduate and post-graduate students) on how to formulate and “test” hypotheses qualitatively using visual or diagrammatical approaches.

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Vulnerability assessment: A comparison of three different city sizes in the coastal area of Central Java, Indonesia

Cited by 60 publications

References 36 publications

A Regional Perspective on Urbanization and Climate-Related Disasters in the Northern Coastal Region of Central Java, Indonesia

A Regional Perspective on Urbanization and Climate-Related Disasters in the Northern Coastal Region of Central Java, Indonesia

A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

Visually Hypothesising in Scientific Paper Writing: Confirming and Refuting Qualitative Research Hypotheses Using Diagrams

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