The Level of Climate Change Awareness among Citizens of Bitung City, Indonesia

Syamsudin Nggole; Wido Prananing Tyas; Wisnu Pradoto

doi:10.14710/jwl.7.1.38-51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/jwl.7.1.38-51

The Level of Climate Change Awareness among Citizens of Bitung City, Indonesia

*Syamsudin Nggole - Badan Perencanaan dan Pembangunan Daerah Kota Bitung, Indonesia

Wido Prananing Tyas

- Departemen Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota, Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia

Wisnu Pradoto

- Departemen Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota, Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia

Citation Format:

Abstract

Knowledge about citizen’s climate change awareness level is needed to establish an appropriate policy to cope with climate change hazard, particularly in a highly vulnerable country like Indonesia. However, research regarding climate change awareness among citizens in Indonesian cities is limited. This research aims to investigate the level of climate change awareness among the citizens in Bitung City, a medium-sized city in the eastern part of Indonesia. The survey method is used in the research by analyzing questionnaires collected from the citizens. Three variables for measuring the awareness level include public concerns on climate variability, the causes of climate change, and the impacts of climate change. The findings show that the citizens of Bitung have a ”quite strong” awareness level. This contributes to the recognition of citizens’ characteristics toward climate change useful to climate change policy formulation in Indonesia, particularly the Bitung City Government. Some recommendations for the government include the incorporation of climate change issue to the citizens’ daily life and development programs by establishing a special task force of climate change at the city level.

Fulltext View|Download

Keywords: awareness level; Bitung City; citizens; climate change

Article Metrics:

Article Info

Section: Research Articles

Language : EN

In Vol 7, No 1 (2019): April 2019

Recent articles

Penguatan Moda Transportasi Lokal dalam Mendukung Kabupaten Pulau Morotai Sebagai Destinasi Wisata Unggulan The Level of Climate Change Awareness among Citizens of Bitung City, Indonesia Interaksi Wilayah di Kawasan Strategis Nasional (Perbatasan) dalam Kerangka Jaringan Perkotaan More recent articles

Biggam, J. (2015). Succeeding with Your Master’s Dissertation: A Step-by-Step Handbook (3rd ed.). New York: Open University Press
Bitung’s Maritime Station of Meteorological Climatology and Geophysiscs. (2017). Analisis Hujan Ektrem di Kota Bitung, Sulawesi Utara 12 Februari 2017 (Analysis of Extreme Rainfall in Bitung, North Sulawesi 12 February 2017). Bitung. Retrieved from http://www.bmkg.go.id/artikel/?id=f9rt4976402jq0h85908
Central Board of Statistics of Bitung City. (2015). Bitung City in Figures 2015. Bitung: Central Board of Statistics of Bitung City
Central Board of Statistics of Bitung City. (2016). Bitung City in Figures 2016. Bitung: Central Board of Statistics of Bitung City
Chrysolite, Hanny; Reidinar, Juliane; Josefhine, Chitra; Ge, M. (2017). Evaluasi Kemajuan Komitmen Iklim Indonesia (Indonesia’s Climate Commitment Progress Evaluation). Retrieved December 18, 2017, from http://www.wri-indonesia.org/id/blog/evaluasi-kemajuan-komitmen-iklim-indonesia
Dale, V. H., Joyce, L. A., McNulty, S., Neilson, R. P., Ayres, M. P., Flannigan, M. D., … Wotton, B. M. (2001). Climate change and forest disturbances: Climate change can affect forests by altering the frequency, intensity, duration, and timing of fire, drought, introduced species, insect and pathogen outbreaks, hurricanes, windstorms, ice storms, or landslides. BioScience, 51(9), 723–734. doi: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0723:CCAFD]2.0.CO;2
Dhokhikah, Y., Trihadiningrum, Y., & Sunaryo, S. (2015). Community participation in household solid waste reduction in Surabaya, Indonesia. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 102, 153–162. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.06.013
Elrick-Barr, C. E., Smith, T. F., Preston, B. L., Thomsen, D. C., & Baum, S. (2016). How are coastal households responding to climate change? Environmental Science and Policy, 63, 177–186. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.05.013
Food And Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2011). Food Wastage Footprint & Climate Change. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/3/a-bb144e.pdf
Ghoneem, M. Y. M. (2016). Planning for Climate Change, Why does it Matter? (From Phenomenon to Integrative Action Plan). Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 216(October 2015), 675–688. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.12.060
Ghozali, A., Ariyaningsih, Sukmara, R. B., & Aulia, B. U. (2016). A Comparative Study of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation on Flood Management between Ayutthaya City (Thailand) and Samarinda City (Indonesia). Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 227(November 2015), 424–429. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.06.096
Hayles, C. S., & Dean, M. (2015). Social housing tenants, Climate Change and sustainable living: A study of awareness, behaviours and willingness to adapt. Sustainable Cities and Society, 17, 35–45. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.03.007
Holdren, J. P. (2008). Meeting the Climate-Change Challenge. Retrieved from https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/2008_1-17_NCSE_final.pdf
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2007). Climate change 2007: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Contribution of working group II to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. (M. L. Parry, O. F. Canziani, J. P. Palutikof, P. van der Linden, & C. E. Hanson, Eds.). Cambridge, UK
Labulu, H., Lisi, F., & Tuegeh, M. (2015). Analisa Sistem Tenaga Listrik Di Minahasa Dalam Menghindari Padam Total (Electrical System Analysis in Minahasa in Avoiding Total Off). Teknik Elektro dan Komputer, 26–32
Lee, T. M., Markowitz, E. M., Howe, P. D., Ko, C. Y., & Leiserowitz, A. A. (2015). Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world. Nature Climate Change, 5(11), 1014–1020. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2728
Lieske, D. J., Wade, T., & Roness, L. A. (2014). Climate change awareness and strategies for communicating the risk of coastal flooding: A Canadian Maritime case example. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 140, 83–94. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.04.017
Local Disaster Management Board of Bitung City. (2017). Potential Disaster of Bitung City. Bitung
Madumere, N. (2016). Public enlightenment and participation – A major contribution in mitigating climate change. International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, 6(1), 9–15. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.10.003
Malee, Mario Rinaldi; S., Benu Olfie L.; Wangke, W. M. (2016). Persepsi masyarakat terhadap program pengelolaan sampah secara reduce, reuse, recylce (3R) di Kelurahan Manembo-nembo Tengah Kecamatan Matuari Kota Bitung. Agri-Sosial Ekonomi Unsrat, 12(2A), 225–238
Malik, N. K. A., Abdullah, S. H., & Manaf, L. A. (2015). Community Participation on Solid Waste Segregation Through Recycling Programmes in Putrajaya. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 30, 10–14. doi: 10.1016/j.proenv.2015.10.002
Mananoma, Tiny; Tanudjadja, Lambertus; Mulya, H. (2010). Kajian Sistem Manajemen Air Bersih Kota Bitung (Assessment of Clean Water Management System of Bitung City). In PIT HATHI XXVII (pp. 1–11). Surabaya
Masud, M. M., Azam, M. N., Mohiuddin, M., Banna, H., Akhtar, R., Alam, A. S. A. F., & Begum, H. (2017). Adaptation barriers and strategies towards climate change: Challenges in the agricultural sector. Journal of Cleaner Production, 156, 698–706. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.060
Ministry of Environment and Forestry. (2016). Climate Change Adaptation Policy and Programs in Indonesia. Retrieved from www.apeksi.id
Patchen, M. (2006). Public Attitudes and Behavior Change: What Shapes Them and How to Influence Them. Social Psychology. PCCRC Outreach Publication 0601. Retrieved from www.purdue.edu/climate
Public Works Agency of North Sulawesi. (2014). North Sulawesi Spatial Planning 2014-2034. Retrieved from www. http://bappeda.sulutprov.go.id
Rao, V. S. (2011). Public awareness about global warming in Hyberabad, India. San Jose State University
Singh, A. S., Zwickle, A., Bruskotter, J. T., & Wilson, R. (2017). The perceived psychological distance of climate change impacts and its influence on support for adaptation policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 73(September 2016), 93–99. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.04.011
Vij, S., Biesbroek, R., Groot, A., & Termeer, K. (2018). Changing climate policy paradigms in Bangladesh and Nepal. Environmental Science and Policy, 81(November 2017), 77–85. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.12.010
Wijaya, A., Chrysolite, H., Ge, M., Wibowo, C. K., Pradana, A., Utami, A. F., & Austin, K. (2017). How Can Indonesia Achieve Its Climate Change Mitigation Goal? An Analysis of Potential Emissions Reductions From Energy and Land-use Policies. Working Paper. Jakarta, Indonesia: World Resources Institute., (September). doi: 10.4155/cmt.13.77
World Bank. (2011). Vulnerability, risk reduction and adaptation to climate change: Indonesia. Climate Risk and Adaptation Country Profile, 7(1), 9–12. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00403.x
Zamasiya, B., Nyikahadzoi, K., & Mukamuri, B. B. (2017). Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ behavioural intention towards adaptation to climate change in transitional climatic zones: A case study of Hwedza District in Zimbabwe. Journal of Environmental Management, 198, 233–239. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.04.073

Last update:

No citation recorded.

Last update:

No citation recorded.

As an article writer, the author has the right to use their articles for various purposes, including use by institutions that employ authors or institutions that provide funding for research. Author rights are granted without special permission.

Author who publishes a paper at JWL has the broad right to use their work for teaching and scientific purposes without the need to ask permission, including: used for (i) teaching in the author's class or institution, (ii) presentation at meetings or conferences and distributing copies to participants ; (iii) training conducted by the author or author's institution; (iv) distribution to colleagues for research use; (v) use in the compilation of subsequent authors' works; (vi) inclusion in a thesis or dissertation; (vi) reuse of part of the article in another work (with citation); (vii) preparation of derivative works (with citation); (viii) voluntary posting on open websites operated by authors or author institutions for scientific purposes (follow the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License).

Authors and readers can copy and redistribute material in any media or format, and mix, modify, and build material for any purpose but they must provide appropriate credit (provide article citation or content), providing links to the license, and indicate if there are changes.

The authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if accepted for publication, copyright of the article shall be assigned to Jurnal Wilayah dan Lingkungan (JWL). Copyright encompasses rights to reproduce and deliver the article in all form and media, including reprints, photographs, microfilms and any other similar reproductions, as well as translations.

Reproduce any part of this journal, its storage in the database or its transmission by all forms or media is permitted does not need for written permission from JWL. However, it should be cited as an honor in academic manners

JWL and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of Diponegoro University and the Editor make every effort to ensure that there are no data, opinions, or false or misleading statements published in JWL. However, the content of the article is the sole and exclusive responsibility of each author.

The Copyright Transfer Form can be downloaded here: [Copyright Transfer Form - Indonesian] [Copyright Transfer Form - English]. The copyright form should be signed originally and send to the Editor in the form of printed letters, scanned documents sent via email or fax.