EAST KALIMANTAN - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) stated the need for efforts to minimize the risk of the impact of the development of the National Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago in East Kalimantan (Kaltim).
Deputy for Systems and Strategy of BNPB, Raditya Jati said, reviewed from the disaster aspect, IKN is not a capital city that is free from disaster risk.
According to him, this risk can be minimized by taking into account the reduction of the threat of disaster in economic growth and spatial planning factors at each stage of its development.
The concept of reducing disaster risk in the IKN area must be built for sustainable resilience purposes. If this is successful, this concept will be a reference for other districts and cities," Raditya said in his statement, quoted from Antara, Thursday, October 13.
Raditya conveyed about the disaster risk at IKN Nusantara during a national seminar with the theme 'The National Capital for Disaster Resilient' which was held in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Wednesday, October 12.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of East Kalimantan Province said that the development of the Nusantara IKN had a significant impact on regional economic growth.
This seminar is a series of Disaster Risk Reduction Month (PRB) 2022 activities centered in East Kalimantan Province.
The seminar was attended by participants from various regions, both face-to-face and virtual by presenting speakers from the Bappenas Regional Development Director, the Director General of Spatial Planning of the Ministry of ATR/BPN, the Director of Prevention of the Impact of the Regional Policy Environment and the KLHK Sector.
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