Institutional Empowerment Policy of the Municipal Disaster Management Board in Padang City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/icpm-16.2016.31How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Disaster Management, Padang, Municipal Disaster Board, Network Theory

Abstract

In Indonesia, awareness of considering disaster risks in each developmental process should be made more efficient and effective based on the country's position which is prone to various disasters. This study presented analysis on disaster management in Padang City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia, by proposing municipal institutional empowerment, with the Municipal Disaster Management Board as the leading independent actor, using Actor Network Theory. Padang Disaster Management Board is now the sub-section of the Fire Department, less empower for being effective in disaster situation. It is recommended that this Municipal Board should be directly under the authority of Padang Mayor, in close cooperation with Army/Police units and disaster experts.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Khairul Khairul
AU  - Hartuti Purnweni
AU  - Sri Suwitri
PY  - 2016/07
DA  - 2016/07
TI  - Institutional Empowerment Policy of the Municipal Disaster Management Board in Padang City, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Public Management (ICPM 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 113
EP  - 115
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icpm-16.2016.31
DO  - 10.2991/icpm-16.2016.31
ID  - Khairul2016/07
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