Assoc. Prof. Rukuh Setiadi, ST, MEM. Ph.D
rukuhsetiadi@lecturer.undip.ac.id
Regional Development and Environmental Management Laboratory
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Rukuh Setiadi is an associate professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Diponegoro University, Indonesia and a researcher at the SDGs Centre of the university. He is interested on the intellectual space between urbanization and climate change, with particular interest in the regional transformative adaptation and future-oriented urban responses to climate change. He served as an executive director of the Initiative for Urban Climate Change and Environment (IKUPI) in 2019-2024, a non-profit organization based in Semarang, which focuses to support urban climate change initiative in Indonesia. Rukuh was a contributing author of the 6th Assessment Report of the IPCC on Chapter 6 “Cities, Settlement and Key Infrastructure. Rukuh is also an adjunct expert of SeaCities Lab initiated by Cities Research Institute, Griffith University Australia.
Undergraduate:
- Sumber Daya Lingkungan (Resources and Environment)
- Proses Perencanaan (Planning Process)
- Studio Proses Perencanaan (Planning Process Studio)
- Studio Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota (Urban and Regional Planning Studio)
- Pembangunan Hijau (Green Development)
Postgraduate:
- Proses Perencanaan dan Pembangunan (Planning Process and Development)
- Sistem Permukiman dan Prasarana Wilayah (Settlement System and Regional Infrastructure)
- Penulisan Proposal (Writing Proposal)
- Penelitian 2 (Research 2)
- Lingkungan dan Sistem Sosial Kota Cerdas (Environment and Social System of Smart Cities)
- LTPW8011. Climate Change and Planning
Understanding Public Opinion about Flood Risk, Flood Control Policies, and Related Factors in Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, and Jakarta. Research Collaborator. Japan Science and Technology Agency/ JST-Mirai Program (2024-2025).
Baseline Study on Climate Resilience Measurement for Community (CRMC) for Pekalongan City and Regency. Principal Researcher. Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance and Mercycorps Indonesia (2024-2025)
Jakarta Urban Power Profile: Power System and Urban Resilience. Lead Researcher, Resilient Cities Network (RCN) and The Province Government of Jakarta. (June - Dec 2024). URL: https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jakarta-Urban-Power-Profile.pdf
Developing the capacity of student scientists for supporting disadvantaged communities to cope with flooding (DECAF). Project Collaborator. Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research/ APN-GCR (2022-2023).. https://www.apn-gcr.org/project/developing-the-capacity-of-student-scientists-for-supporting-disadvantaged-communities-to-cope-with-flooding-decaf/
Risk Perception of Small Islands Community on Climate Change: Evidence From Mepar And Baran Islands, Indonesia. Principal Researcher. Netherlands Enterprise Agency/ RVO. 2022.
The attitude of Indonesian urban community toward living on the top of water. Principal Researcher. ANU Indonesia Project (2021-2022). https://indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/grants-and-fellowship/research-grants/research-grants-recipients
Setiadi, R., Rachmawati, A.A. (2025). The role of floating shelter to support urban rejuvenation projects in the coastal edge. In: Baumeister, J., C. Giurgiu, I., A. Ottmann, D. (eds) Amphibious Concepts at the Edge of the Sea. Cities Research Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0357-2_7
Y. Lo, A., Setiadi, R., Delima Sari, A., T. S. Chow, A., K. S. Chan, F., Fok, L., & Mon Oo, Y. (2024). Engaging young people in community-based flood risk management in Pekalongan, Indonesia. APN Science Bulletin, 14(1). DOI: 10.30852/2699. URL: https://www.apn-gcr.org/bulletin/article/engaging-young-people-in-community-based-flood-risk-management-in-pekalongan-indonesia/
Tezar, T and Setiadi, R. (2024). ‘Risk perception of small islands community on climate change: evidence from Mepar and Baran Islands, Indonesia’. Island Studies Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.89381
Setiadi R, Baumeister J, Lo A. (2023). ‘Floating Jakarta: a human dimension” in SeaCities: Aquatic Urbanism, Chap.6, 139-162. Springer. Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-2481-3_6
Setiadi, R., Wibowo S.S, Putri, E.R., Handoyo, R.R., Puteri, C.I.K., Dewi, A.A.A. (2023). The efficacy of coastal road development to protect West Coast of Jepara from abrasion and future sea level rise, The 5th Geoplanning International Conference of Geomatics and Planning, Surakarta, Earth and Environmental Science IOP Conference Series, Vol. 1264. URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1264/1/012017/pdf
Setiadi R and Frederika R. (2022). ‘Family financial planning for disaster preparedness’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 82. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103332
Muktiali, M and Setiadi, R. (2022). Strategy to improve regional resilience against flood disasters in the North Coast of Central Java, The 7th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC 2021), Surakarta, Earth and Environmental Science IOP Conference Series, Vol. 1016. URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1016/1/012039
Setiadi, R and Suhartini, N. (2021). A spotlight on Indonesia: embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals and responding to COVID-19. Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) Australia, Brief, 22 Feb. URL: https://lgiu.org/briefing/a-spotlight-on-indonesia-embedding-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-and-responding-to-covid-19/
Setiadi, R. (2021). Jakarta tenggelam pada 2050: mengapa kota laut bisa menjadi solusi. The Conversation Indonesia. URL: https://theconversation.com/jakarta-akan-tenggelam-pada-2050-mengapa-kota-laut-bisa-menjadi-solusi-168853
Setiadi R, Baumeister J, Burton P and Nalau J. (2020). Extending urban development on water: Jakarta case study’, Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 11(2), 247-265. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0975425320938539
Setiadi R, Chigbu UE, Fisher MR, Chu E. 2022. Editorial, A special issue on rural-urban linkages in the age of urbanisation, World Review on Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 18(2):107-110.
Setiadi R. et al. 2020. ‘The dimension of rural-urban linkage of food security assessment: an Indonesian case study’, Asian Geographer, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10225706.2020.1768570
Rozita SG and Setiadi R. (2020).’Kerangka kerja penilaian rencana tata ruang berbasis manajemen risiko bencana’, Region, 15 (2), 189-205. URL: https://jurnal.uns.ac.id/region/article/view/38451
Setiadi R. et al. (2020). ‘Idealism and dualism of waste recycling in Indonesia: a case study of Semarang City (in Indonesian: Idealisme dan dualisme daur ulang sampah di Indonesia: studi kasus Kota Semarang)’, Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan, 18 (1), 48-57. URL: https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/ilmulingkungan/article/view/27549
- Adjunct Expert of Sea Cities Lab, Griffith University: https://www.seacities.org/team/
- Member of Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS): https://peerscoastal.org
- Member, ICLEI Urban Resilience
- Member, Sustainability Professionals
Editorial Board Member and Academic Journal Reviewer: Jurnal Wilayah dan Lingkungan (Since 2015); Indonesian Journal of Planning and Development (Since 2019); Jurnal PWK (Since 2021).
Journal Reviewer: Cities, Territorial and Architecture. (Since 2023); Urban Climate (Since 2023); Journal of Indonesia Sustainable Development Planning (Since 2021).
National Advisor: Tourism, Craft and Cultural Cluster of DSA Program, Astra International, Indonesia, 2024.
Lead Author: Development of the Voluntary Local Review (VLR) for Kendal Regency, UCLG-ASPAC and Tanoto Foundation, 2024.
Expert: Development of CSR Roadmap for PGN Saka Energi Indonesia, Pangkah, East Java, 2024.
Expert: Development of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy for Medan City, North Sumatra, 2023.
SDGs Validator Team: Verification for CSR programs of PT. Sido Muncul, Bergas, Kabupaten Semarang, 2021-2024.
Facilitator: Development of Community-based Village Tourism, Desa Sejahtera Astra, Astra International, 2019-2024.
Senior Advisor: National Disaster Resilience Reform, Australia-Indonesia Partnership in Disaster Risk Management (AIP-DRM/ SIAP SIAGA), 2021.
Lead Author: Development Pocket Book for Executive Decision Makers and Parliaments and Development of Best Practice Compilation of Local Government Authorities in Achieving SDG Targets in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic: Localise SDGs, UCLG-ASPAC, 2020.
Working Group Member: The acceleration of SDG targets achievement in Central Java Province 2018-2023.