IJOG : Indonesian Journal on Geoscience
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2023)

Mitigation Strategy of Disaster Based on Information Technology in Semarang City

Rizky Muliani Dwi Ujianti (Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, Universitas PGRI Semarang, Indonesia)
Mega Novita (Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, Universitas PGRI Semarang, Indonesia)
Iffah Muflihati (Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, Universitas PGRI Semarang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Nov 2023

Abstract

Semarang is a city located on the northern coast of the Java Sea which makes it becomes one of the cities threatened by tidal flooding. Besides tidal flood inundation, several other disasters occuring in Semarang include fires, fallen trees, floods, landslides, hurricanes, and collapsed houses. This study identified the disasters occurred in Semarang City from 2012 through 2021, as well as the strategies to cope with them in general, and specifically using information technology, namely Geographic Information System (GIS) maps. The data in this study were obtained from Regional Development Planning Board, Public Works Office, Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Semarang City Social Service, and several related stakeholders. Those data were, then, visualized on a GIS map. The findings indicated that one method of mitigation is the use of GIS maps of floods and landslides, as well as disaster mitigation through Semarang economy and government policies Keywords: Semarang, GIS, tidal, flooding, disaster, mitigation

Copyrights © 2023






Journal Info

Abbrev

IJOG

Publisher

Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Description

The spirit to improve the journal to be more credible is increasing, and in 2012 it invited earth scientists in East and Southeast Asia as well as some western countries to join the journal for the editor positions in the Indonesia Journal of Geology. This is also to realize our present goal to ...