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Fire at Landslide in
residential Kalisari, East
areas, one of Jakarta.
disaster risks
for the city. Credit:
Dharma W
Credit:
Dharma W.

head of the subdistricts, to build model for the pilot for another KTB areas in Jakarta, so
Kampung Tangguh Bencana. Some of the disaster mitigation process will be better in the
related city’s regional working units (SKPD) future.
several disasters, including drought, floodings, also involved in the program, including
coastal floods and landslides. Jakarta Disaster Management Agency. Physically and Non-Physically

The city is also at great risk of having Head of Emergency Preparedness section at Urban planning observer, Nirwono Joga,
earthquakes. In fact, the city has been hit by two Jakarta Disaster Management Agency, Embai appreciated the building of KTB by the Jakarta
strong earthquakes ever, in January 5th 1699 Suhaimi, said to JaKita that the KTB program government. Despite become the city prone to
and October 10th 1834. On that moment, the aims to build residents’ resilience in handling disasters, he thinks that Jakarta has evolved to
quakes flattened the city of Batavia: Paleis van disasters, and the areas used for KTB would a city resilient to disasters.
“By pushing their Daendels building—where the Finance Ministry be the areas prone to disasters.
resilience, all elements office is located today, was severely damaged. According to him, there are a few things needed
would engage together in Each of the villages will be challenged to get in building disaster resilient villages. One of
handling disasters,” Independent to Handle Disasters to know the risks and potential disasters in them is to build infrastructures like evacuation
their area, be it fires, floods, dangue fever or routes and emergency place or shelter for
With those potential risks of disasters mentioned other disasters. “By pushing their resilience, evacuation. It also needs restoration in the
Embai Suhaimi, Head of above, Jakarta government acted agilely: they in the future, all elements would engage area of the village that is prone to disaster.
Emergency Preparedness planned various programs of disaster mitigation together in handling disasters,” said Embai. The government should develop early warning
section at Jakarta Disaster and management. For the latest one, they Currently there are six subdistricts in the system, too, especially for the area most prone
Management Agency initiated the development of Kampung Tangguh city which already built KTB: Rawa Buaya to disasters.
Bencana (KTB, Disaster Resilient Villages). subdistrict in West Jakarta, Pejagalan in North
Jakarta, Cililitan in East Jakarta, Pangadegan And the most important thing would be the
Legal basis for the development is the Jakarta in South Jakarta, Karet Tengsin in Central residents’ awareness. The residents must get
Secretary Instruction No.103/2020 which Jakarta, and Pulau Lancang in Thousand education about the risk of disasters: not only
was signed last November. It contains the Island. on how to face them but also to handle the
instructions for every officials in the provincial mitigation process.
government of Jakarta, from city mayors to Embai hopes that those areas will become yen/sam

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