Abstract Semarang City has a strong connection with Ungaran City as they are interlinked and connected by a good transportation system. However, Ungaran City growth is not solely influenced by Semarang City development. Ungaran as the sub-center is able to develop as an independent growth center for its surrounding areas mainly because of the existing […]

Abstract Rapid urbanization in developing countries has brought some unprecedented consequences in economic, social, and most notably environmental aspects. Many cities have to be dealing with the challenges of vulnerability as the risk of disasters increases. In responding to the challenges, the concept of urban resilience has been applied as an important part of the […]

Abstract Urban development in Indonesia has been notably figured out with the development of coastal area as the place to provide regional-international trade having the control of labour. Hence, coastal cities and the surrounding areas are rapidly growing to urbanized area. However, rapid development with limited carrying capacity and climate related issues of coastal area […]

Abstract Innovation system which promotes knowledge-based economy, instead of factor driven economy, has been realized by many countries to be an obligatory system to improve national or regional competitiveness. It requires the collaboration of all stakeholders which are related to development to enhance innovation with specialization as the competitiveness value. Semarang and Balikpapan, two emerging […]

Abstract Considering the importance of connecting urbanization phenomena and vulnerability assessments, this paper aims to explore vulnerability assessment in three different city sizes in the northern coast of Central Java province of Indonesia. It compares the vulnerability levels of the three cities based on their sizes (that is, levels of urbanization). It uses the most […]

Abstract 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 […]

Abstract Global concern has sought to connect resilience with the field of disaster risk reduction, which was prominent in the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005–2015) and updated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030). However, defining disaster risk reduction and resilience as policy goals geared towards reducing vulnerability and minimizing risk requires a […]