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Institutions and Planning: A Reflection from Disaster Management Planning in Indonesia

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Good governance has been used in planning practices, including disaster management planning in Indonesia. The authors are not aware of any published research that discusses the nexus of institutions and planning in the context of disaster management. This article argues that this is a gap that should be filled because studying planning institutions will help us understand governance processes in disaster management. The argument builds from the 6-month experiences of both authors as planning consultants for the RPB disaster management planning project in nine Indonesian provinces between August and December 2011. The regulations, actors, and organizational resources are used to analyze disaster management planning institutions. Overall, the study found (i) that the regulation of development planning and budgeting did not directly consider the disaster management planning output; (ii) that the knowledge gap between national and provincial government bodies occurred owing to limited experience in conducting disaster management planning at the meso-level; and (iii) that there was a significant lack of organizational resources in conducting more inclusive disaster management planning at the subnational level. These findings suggest that the current setup – where disaster management planning has been mainstreamed into the development planning process – is insufficient to address the governance challenges posed by disasters. The findings also suggest that more effective governance in disaster management planning is likely to be achieved by enhancing planning institutions through the vertical and horizontal integration of government institutions.

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    Hyogo Framework for Action is a worldwide agreement on disaster risk reduction whose aim is to promote a strategic and systematic approach to reducing vulnerabilities and risks to hazards. It is signed at The World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan which was held from 18 to 22 January 2005.

Abbreviations

Bakornas PB:

Badan Koordinasi Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana or National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Management

Bappeda:

Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Daerah or Local Development Planning Agency

BNPB:

Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana or National Agency for Disaster Management

BPBD:

Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah or Local Agency for Disaster Management

CSR:

Corporate social responsibility

DIY:

Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta province

DRR:

Disaster risk reduction

FGD:

Focus group discussion

HFA:

Hyogo framework for action

NGO:

Nongovernmental organization

NTB:

Nusa Tenggara Barat province

NTT:

Nusa Tenggara Timur province

Perka BNPB:

Peraturan Kepala BNPB or Head Regulation of BNPB

Perpres:

Peraturan Presiden or President Regulation

PP:

Peraturan Pemerintah or Government Regulation

RA-PB:

Rencana Aksi Penanggulangan Bencana or Disaster Management Action Planning

Renstra:

Rencana Strategis or Strategic Plan

RKP:

Rencana Kerja Pemerintah or Short-term Development Plan

RPB:

Rencana Penanggulangan Bencana or Disaster Management Planning

RPJM:

Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah or Mid-term Development Plan

RPJP:

Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Panjang or Long-term Development Plan

RTRW:

Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah or Spatial Planning

UNDP:

United Nations Development Programme

UNISDR:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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  1. Urban Development Studies Postgraduate Program, University of Indonesia, Gedung Pascasarjana 4th floor Jalan Salemba Raya 4, Jakarta, Indonesia

    Hendricus A. Simarmata & Raka W. Suryandaru

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Simarmata, H.A., Suryandaru, R.W. (2015). Institutions and Planning: A Reflection from Disaster Management Planning in Indonesia. In: Werlen, B. (eds) Global Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16477-9_13

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