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Regional and City Planning-ITB
Environmental Problems and the
Challenges for Planning: an
Introductory Lecture
Introduction
Prof. Ir. Djoko Santoso Abi Suroso, Ph.D
PL5102-Environment and Resources

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“The ‘environment’ is where we live; and
development is what we all do in attempting
to improve our lot within that abode.
The two are inseparable”
Our Common Future

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1972 –
Stockholm:
UNCHE
(Environmental
Focus)
1987 - WCED /
Brundtland
Commission,
Publish: Our
Common Future
1992 - Rio
UNCED
(Sustainable
Development
Focus)
2002 -
Johannesburg
WSSD
(Social Focus)
2012 - Rio +20 -
UNCSD
(Green Economy
& Governance
Focus) – The
Future We Want
2015 – Paris Agreement
UNFCCC (climate
change mitigation,
adaptation, and finance)
2015 – New York:
UN Sustainable
Development
Summit (SDG’s
Ratification)
1966 (New Order)
1999 (Reform Order)
2030 (SDG’s and
NDC targets)
Current State of
Environment:
Deforestation
Critical Land
Land subsidence
Waste
Climate change
• Law No. 11 of 1967 on the Basic Provisions of Mining
• Law No. 5 of 1967 on Forestry Basic Law
• Law No. 5 of 1974 on Local Government
• Law No. 4 of 1982 on Principles of Environmental Management
• Law No. 23 of 1997 on Principles of Environmental Management
• Law No. 22 of 1999 on Local Government
Future State of
Environment:
?
• Law No. 32 of 2004 on Local Government
• Law No. 24 of 2007 on Disaster Management
• Law No. 26 of 2007 on Spatial Planning
• Law No. 32 of 2009 on Environmental Protection and Management
• Law No. 16 of 2016 on Ratification of Paris Agreement to the UNFCCC
• Law No. 1 of 2014 on Management of Coastal Areas and Small Islands
• Law No. 3 of 2020 on Mineral and Coal Mining
• Government Regulation No. 46 of 2016 on Procedures for Implementing
Strategic Environmental Studies (KLHS)
• Presidential Regulation No. 59 of 2017 on the Implementation of the
Achievements of SDG
• Presidential Regulation No. 77 of 2018 on Environmental Fund
Management
• Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2020 on Handling Forest and Land Fires
• The omnibus law bill
Increasing regulation of
environment
SDG’s/
NDC?

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Definition of Sustainable
Development
‘development that meets the needs of present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs” (The World Commission 1987, 43)
“Sustainable development means qualitative
improvement without quantitative growth beyond the
point where the ecosystem cannot regenerate” (Greider
1998, 454-55)
“a dynamic process in which communities anticipate and
accommodate the needs of current and future
generations in ways that reproduce and balance social,
economic, and ecological systems, and link local actions
to global concern”. (Berke and Conroy 2000, 23)

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Ecological Footprint
For more than 40 years, humanity’s demand on nature has exceeded
what our planet can replenish. Our Ecological Footprint – which
measures the area (in hectares) required to supply the ecological
goods and services we use – outstrips our biocapacity – the land
actually available to provide these goods and services. Bio-capacity
acts as an ecological benchmark against which the Ecological
Footprint can be compared. Both bio-capacity and Ecological Footprint
are expressed in a common unit called global hectare (gha)
Source: WWF, 2014

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Overshoot of Ecological Footprint
Humanity currently needs the regenerative capacity of 1.5 Earths to
provide the ecological goods and services we use each year. This
“overshoot” is possible because – for now – we can cut trees faster
than they mature, harvest more fish than the oceans can replenish,
or emit more carbon into the atmosphere than the forests and oceans
can absorb. The sum of all human demands no longer fits within what
nature can renew. The consequences are diminished resource stocks
and waste accumulating faster than it can be absorbed or recycled,
such as with the growing carbon concentration in the atmosphere
Source: WWF, 2014

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Global Ecological Footprint
Source: WWF, 2014
Figure: Global Ecological
Footprint by component
(1961-2010)
Currently, the largest
single component of the
Ecological Footprint is the
carbon component (53
percent) (Global Footprint
Network, 2014)
Key
Carbon
Fishing grounds
Cropland
Built-up land
Forest products
Grazing
products

9 Comparison of Ecological Footprint and Bio-
capacity
Source: WWF, 2014

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Schedule of Lectures
NO DATE LECTURES
A
Module 1: Introduction, Syllabus,
students interests, basic tenets of the natural
environment
1 August 24, 2020 Introduction
2 August 29, 2020
Principles of Ecology (1): Bio-geophysical
of Environment
3 August 31, 2020 Principles of Ecology (2): Socio Ecological
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Module 2: Approaches to Understanding
Environmental Problems
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September 7,
2020
Carrying Capacity
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September 14,
2020
Environmental Economics
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September 21,
2020
Environmental Impact Assessment/SEA

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NO DATE LECTURES
8 October 5, 2020 Energy and Mineral
9 October 12, Disasters: Hydro-meteorological Hazards
10 October 19, Disasters: Geological Hazards
11 October 26, Community Based Resources Management
C Module 3: Environmental Planning Process
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November 2,
2020
Environmental Planning Process
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November 9,
2020
DVD on Climate Change Adaptation
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November 16,
2020
Group Presentation (1)
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November 23,
Group Presentation (2) and Synthesis
Schedule of Lectures

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Thank you
08112236530
dsuroso@pl.itb.ac.id
suroso.djoko@gmail.com