Towards Sustainable Disaster Prevention: Strengthening Environment-based Disaster Governance in Indonesia

Abstract

This study investigates the role of environmental governance in strengthening sustainable disaster prevention strategies. In Indonesia, ecological disasters are occurring with increasing frequency due to ongoing environmental degradation. Although the total number of disaster events declined in 2022, their impacts became more widespread and severe, indicating systemic weaknesses in disaster governance amidst increasingly complex and persistent risks. This research adopts a qualitative approach, utilizing secondary data as the primary source. Data analysis was conducted in three stages: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. During the data presentation phase, NVivo 12 Plus software was employed to visualize and categorize the Hindings. The results reveal that disaster management in Indonesia is highly dependent on coordination between central and local governments. However, ineffective environmental governance and unsustainable development practices continue to exacerbate the risk of ecological disasters. Critical contributing factors include unsustainable resource exploitation, environmental degradation, climate change, and poor waste management. Therefore, disaster governance reform that integrates the principles of environmental sustainability is imperative. A key limitation of this study is its reliance on secondary data; future research should adopt applied and empirical approaches to enrich the analysis and provide deeper insights.