Collaboration practice on ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in the coastal area of Semarang City, Indonesia

The implementation of Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) requires concern from various sides. Semarang City is the main activity and economic center in the north of Central Java, Indonesia, and this status presents a significant challenge to realizing ICM based on coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves. This paper qualitatively examines the collaborative practice of various stakeholders in Semarang City in applying ICM to disaster risk reduction based on mangrove ecosystems. Intensive development has created a stumbling block to various stakeholders in mangrove ecosystems management. Also, this city is at high risk of coastal disasters like tidal floods, land subsidence, and social-economic problems of coastal communities. This situation requires the integration of various stakeholders to realize the ICM in the coastal areas of Semarang City effectively. In actualizing mangrove management practices as part of disaster risk reduction, some stakeholders are involved, namely the governments, universities, communities, and the private sector from the international, national, regional, and local level.