This Op-Ed connects Nature-based Solutions with a spatial approach for more effective multi-disaster mitigation, specifically in Palangka Raya. The city, located in Central Kalimantan, faces a range of hazards, including drought, land fires, and floods, due to its geographical location. These hazards were then exacerbated by climate change, such as the El Nino Southern Oscillation, a climate anomaly. The article explores Palangka Raya’s disaster risks, existing mitigation strategies, implementation of NbS, and challenges in implementing these strategies. The spatial approach provides benefits such as maps used as communication tools, diverse prioritization for different locations, and improved mitigation implementation strategy. The combination of NbS and the spatial approach would offer possibilities for further research and investments to promote community resilience. The article emphasises the need for collaborative efforts amongst the government agencies, private stakeholders, industries, and communities to harness NbS for enhanced resilience in Palangka Raya City.

This Op-Ed discusses the Greater Bogor Area’s Landslide Susceptibility and Vulnerability Identification in 2020. Indonesia grapples with a substantial landslide problem, notably in Jawa Barat province, including the Greater Bogor Area, where landslides ranked as the third most frequent disaster from 2014 to 2023. These events cause severe damage, such as loss of life, property damage, and extensive economic costs. Several aspects are reviewed regarding this issue: landslide exposure mapping, geological, geomorphological, land use, rainfall, and anthropogenic. The Greater Bogor Area is analysed as a case study, employing zonation through the weighted overlay method to identify areas with varying susceptibility levels. Vulnerability assessment highlights that densely populated urban zones are often situated in high-susceptibility areas, posing a significant risk. To mitigate these risks and enhance resilience, stakeholders should consider capacity-building initiatives, urban planning strategies, and post-disaster efforts, ultimately contributing to a more resilient society.

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Nature-based Solution (NBS) is an umbrella for ecosystem-based approaches to prevent or mitigate the impacts of hydro-meteorological hazards. The increasing hydrometeorological disaster occurrence such as floods in Bandung City because of both climate change phenomenon and rapid growth of Bandung City has caused a big impact on people live in slums and high-density settlement. Realizing this risk, Bandung City has implemented strategies to reduce flood risk, including the Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) as stated on the Bandung City Spatial Plan (RTRW) 2011-2031. However, this measure had not effectively reduced flood risk in Bandung City. Therefore, this research focuses to analyse the implementation of SUDS and how it can capture the concept of NBS, with the study case Cibadak Administrative Village, one of the poor and high-density urban settlements in Bandung City. The result was developed using a mixed method consisting of a descriptive quantitative approach, spatial analysis for satellite imagery, and content analysis technique to analyse each challenge of SUDS implementation. The result indicates the lack of capacity in scale, budget, natural characteristic, and social demographic for SUDS implementation in poor and high density urban settlement in Bandung, which aligns with the challenge of NBS implementation in the global south.