Climate Change, Disaster, and Social Work in Indonesia

Fahrudin, Adi and Yusuf, Husmiati and Patrianti, Tria (2023) Climate Change, Disaster, and Social Work in Indonesia. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmilan.

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Abstract

This paper discusses the notable disaster events caused by climate change in Indonesia and its impact on social problems and social work, respectively. As the fourth largest populous country in the world, Indonesia is considered to be the most disaster prone, given its high exposure to a range of natural and climatic hazards. Most disasters are caused by hydrometeorological and geophysical hazards. Hydrometeorological hazards have become a common and recurring disaster in this decade with severe flood occurrences and other hazards that are seen to be related to climate change. The impact of climate change in Indonesia is expected to increase the threat toward food security, human health, water availability, biodiversity, and sea level rise. Cities in the coastal regions of Indonesia have a very high vulnerability to rising sea levels. It is feared that tidal floods will often occur in coastal areas, and this change will cause many fishermen to experience difficulties in catching fish. In the past 10 years, floods,landslides, and tornadoes are the dominant events in each year. The type of uncertain season is very influential on disasters that occur, such as the beginning of the rainy season to enter the beginning of the dry season, often floods, landslides, and tornadoes always occur. Conversely, in the dry season, forest and land fires become a scourge for the community. Therefore, social work plays an important role to disaster risk reduction caused by climate change

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences > S1 Communication Studies / Ilmu Komunikasi
Depositing User: Mrs Tria Patrianti
Date Deposited: 09 May 2023 00:35
Last Modified: 09 May 2023 00:35
URI: http://repository.umj.ac.id/id/eprint/13366

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