An integrated assessment of spatial planning towards the multi-hazard risk in Surakarta City

Abstract

The urban development is correlated to urban economic growth. This situation often produces negative impacts on the environment, such as the emergence of disaster risks. Oftentimes, disaster risk existence is not sufficiently considered in spatial planning. Consequently, urban development does not support the efforts of urban disaster risk reduction and adaptation. This paper discusses the synchronization between spatial planning, and multi-hazard risk reduction and adaptation. Surakarta City was selected for the research case. This city has a multi-hazard risk including flood, fire, and traffic accidents. This paper evaluated the synchronization of the multi-hazard risk to the spatial planning of Surakarta City. This research used a deductive approach, and it is documentary research. The main data were based on urban institutional documents. Furthermore, the descriptive analysis technique wasused for exploring the data and information. The research result explains that the procedural evaluation shows the most part of the integration process of the multi-hazard risk assessment that has been conducted, although, on another side, the substantive evaluation indicates that the lack of criteria integration for the multi-hazard risk and the urban spatial planning takes place.