A study on adaptive governance in temporary strongholds

a case study about POSKO in Indonesia

Abstract

Disaster Prevention is important that not only to develop strong and robust infrastructure but also to make flexible response society. POSKO, the temporary stronghold, is frequently set up for any kinds of temporary function and often activated in post natural disaster relief or at emergency time in Indonesia. This paper aims to verify the adaptive governance in POSKOs. The result of analysis is as follows: 1) the characteristics of POSKO were able to cope with a difficult situation. 2) POSKOs were operated in areas that have been setup. Each POSKOs prevented relaxation of the support imbalance in these areas.