The effect of human mobility restriction during the Covid-19 pandemic on the level of environmental damage

Abstract

Environmental damage that occurs is generally caused by human activities. The activities carried out lead to mobilities with a tendency to a certain pattern. During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Indonesian government issued a policy of restricting the human mobility to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The reduced human mobility in mining activities may lessen the level of environmental damage that occurs. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of human mobility restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic on the level of environmental damage that has occurred. Pangkalpinang City was taken as the location for data collection in this study. Data collection will be undertaken by distributing questionnaires online to people who live in the research location. From the results of the questionnaire, human mobility patterns will be mapped to the activities conducted and the level of environmental damage that has occurred. The results of this study can show the distribution of human mobility patterns to environmental damage that occurred due to policies to restrict human movement during Covid-19 Pandemic.