An Integrated Approach for Disaster Risk Reduction Using Spatial Planning and Sdi Platform

Disaster has serious impact to our society in many aspects. In the last decade more than 500.000 people were the victim of various natural disasters all over the world. Economic damage in terms of absolute amount and percentage to GDP was also very high. The risk of some types of natural disasters, such as flood and landslide, can actually be reduced provided appropriate policies and infrastructures exist. Efforts in reducing disaster risk involve many disciplines and can be seen from many perspectives, such as data sharing and integration, modelling, and management perspective. As a result of interdisciplinary environment, therefore, there is a need for an integrated approach in disaster risk reduction. From the spatial science perspective, it is believed that long term success of disaster risk reduction needs to be formulated in spatial planning by, for example, applying certain measures in land uses allocation. SDI facilitates data sharing and data integration through the arrangement of policies, peoples, organizations, and technology, necessary for spatial planning formulation. An assessment of the current practices of spatial planning and disaster risk reduction effort of local government in Semarang city, Indonesia, has been made. This paper proposes a conceptual model for an integrated approach in disaster risk reduction using spatial planning and SDI platform. This paper is based on an ongoing research using case study approach in a coastal urban environment in Indonesia.