Learning from the East Java Mudflow: Disaster Politics in Indonesia

dc.contributor.author	Schiller, Jim
dc.contributor.author	Lucas, Anton
dc.contributor.author	Sulistiyanto, Priyambudi
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-10T14:32:39Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-10T14:32:39Z
dc.date.issued	2008-04
dc.description	Page range: 51-78
dc.description.abstract	A study of the grim results of the erupting mud volcano in East Java that was apparently triggered in May 2006 by the company, Lapindo Brantas, which was digging an exploratory well in search of natural gas near Sidoarjo. The toxic mud now covers over 2,000 acres in East Java, and all efforts to plug the mudflow have failed. The authors discuss the scale of the disaster; theories concerning its cause (due to natural factors or negligence?); the tangled politics complicating the relief and mitigation efforts, which have involved many uncoordinated governmental and non-governmental agencies, as well as Lapindo Brantas (which seeks to limit its liability); and the enormous human, social, and economic costs.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/54445
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Cornell University Southeast Asia Program
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Indonesia
dc.title	Learning from the East Java Mudflow: Disaster Politics in Indonesia
dc.type	article
schema.issueNumber	Vol. 85

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