The failure of decentralization and regional autonomy have been attributed to the uncertainty of the rules of the game. This will eventually caused the high cost economy for the provision of public services and local economic development. A number of studies in developed and developing countries showed that decentra ...

Furthermore, Nunung said that in the use of new media for an event, it is difficult for it to be a neutral storyteller. Media bias is likely to occur, making new media a trigger of human rights violation once it distributes information blindly, becoming one that minimizes violation if it carries out its interactive characteristics wisely, and ...

"This means that the poor and vulnerable has been saved and the notion of 'defensible life space' is guaranteed," said the head of Master of City and Regional Planning/MPKD study program, Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering UGM. In Bobby’s view, defensible life space is very meaningf ...

He said that overcoming the threat of natural and ecological disasters needs shift in orientation and paradigm of sustainable development by mainstreaming disaster risk reduction. Because civil engineering is a discipline that is most responsible for the development of infrastructure, its responsibility and role are very important in making ...

  Given the increasing risks of global warming, climate change and globalization, the livelihood approach in rural development will become stronger in the future, because, contextually, the issues in rural households need to be addressed using livelihood approach as described above. Various risks and vulnerabilities that ar ...

Entropy of the discrete dynamical system can already be applied in various fields, such as DNA sequence, Network and Cosmology. In addition, the entropy of discrete dynamical system can also be applied in the field of Biology, Physics, Economics, Financial Mathematics, Theory of Games and cryptography. That is the end part of the recen ...

The role of plants for traditional societies is hardly replaced by modern chemical medicines. Indonesia has long known about the advantages of various plants for health care and treatment and beauty. This is known as herbal medicine. Various natural products of plants have become commercial commodities, which are attractive ...

Efforts to increase cattle productivity in developing countries are usually limited to two things: nutrition and health. Undernutrition generally occurs by the end of dry seasons or the beginning of rainy seasons when plants have not grown well and there are not many agricultural byproducts available. "There ar ...

In the Senate Hall, Tuesday (13/7) Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Nuryono, M.S, is confirmed as a Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences UGM. In his speech The Role of Chemistry in the Development of Silica-Based Materials Technology", the Secretary of Chemistry Department UGM, described natural silica material as a rei ...

Modern biotechnology in agriculture field has been widely applied. As a new technology that uses molecular biology and genetic engineering techniques, it is able to manage the health of the plant, optimize production and reduce pesticide use. Particularly, the crop protection biotechnology has been progressing very ...