International Handbook of Disaster Research RESILIENT CITIES, VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES: DISASTER GOVERNANCE IN THE COASTAL CITIES IN INDONESIA Andi Luhur Prianto & Abdillah Abdillah “Department of Government Studies, Faculty of Social & Political Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar, Indonesia” “Corresponding author; luhur@unismuh.ac.id” Abstract The government has always had role in disaster governance, including at the community level. The Indonesian government has also allocated responsibilities to the local governments in disaster governance mechanisms. The aim of this study is to explore the regulatory and institutional framework for disaster governance, which emphasizes arrangements between city government organizations and communities to address disaster vulnerability. This research was conducted in coastal cities that are prone to disasters in Indonesia: Bandar Lampung, Semarang and Makassar. The research method used is regulatory mapping (RegMAP), conducting discourse network analysis (DNA) and risk-based analysis based on threats, vulnerabilities and capacities. The results of the study found that (1) the framework for enforcing disaster governance rules in Indonesia is often contradictory. including the main issues in determining disaster status, budget allocation and regional cooperation, as well as strengthening the capacity of vulnerable communities. The regulatory framework needs to be reviewed to reduce the risk of flood disasters that often occur in the cities of Makassar, Semarang, and Bandar Lampung; (2) disaster management agency and development planning board are the front line to internalizing the disaster risk reduction agenda; and (3) need for strategic policies in disaster risk reduction that are integrated, climate inclusive; and have the adaptive capacity to address vulnerabilities at the community level. Keywords resilient cities, vulnerable communities, coastal, disaster governance Introduction After political reforms 1998, Indonesia has launched extensive decentralization in the political, administrative and financial affairs. This changes that brought reforms to the governance system with extensive political and economic impacts (Prianto, 2013; 2017a; 2017b, Das & Luthfi, 2017). Decentralization gives the local governments powers to manage and control their own affairs (Prianto, 2012). Indonesia is a vulnerable disaster country (Djalante, et.al., 2017; World Bank, 2019). The last decade has seen how Indonesia suffers from major disasters with great impact (Das & Luthfi, 2017). The Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB, 2021) reported that between January and December of 2021, 3,058 natural disasters struck Indonesia. The majority of natural disasters were hydrometeorological. There were 1,288 occurrences of flooding, 791 occurrences of extreme weather, 623 occurrences of landslides, 265 events of forest and land fires, 44 occurrences of tidal waves and abrasion, 31 occurrences of earthquakes, 15 occurrences of