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Social–ecological resilience of communities in facing the cumulative impacts of sand mining and climate change
No full textBackground: This study explores the socio–ecological resilience of communities in the Babon Watershed, Demak Regency, in responding to the cumulative impacts of sand mining and climate change. Methods: Using a qualitative case study approach grounded in a constructivist paradigm, data were collected through interviews, focus group discussions, field observations, and document analysis. Findings: The results show that intensive sand mining and rising sea levels have led to environmental degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and socio-economic vulnerability. Despite these challenges, local communities have developed adaptive strategies, including livelihood diversification, collective cooperation, and the strengthening of local institutions. However, resilience remains largely adaptive and short-term rather than transformative. Weak governance, fragmented policies, and economic dependency on extractive activities continue to limit sustainable transformation. Conclusion: The study proposes a three-pillar collaborative framework integrated governance, sustainable economy, and ecological restoration to enhance long-term socio–ecological resilience. Novelty/Originality of this article: These findings contribute to the broader understanding of community-based resilience and offer policy insights for sustainable watershed management in coastal regions of Indonesia
Digital addiction and the adolescent social interaction crisis: Integrating social displacement theory and Islamic ethics
No full textBackground: The surge of digital engagement among adolescents since the pandemic has transformed patterns of social interaction. Persistent screen-time increases have led to reduced empathy, greater isolation, and weakened self-regulation. This study examines the crisis of adolescent social interaction through an integrative lens combining Social Displacement Theory and Islamic psychospiritual ethics. Method: This research employs a literature-based approach by reviewing empirical studies, social theories, and Islamic texts. The analysis connects the displacement mechanism, shifting time and cognitive energy from face-to-face to passive digital activities with the Islamic conception of the self, focusing on the interaction between nafs al-ammarah, al-qalb, and al-‘aql. Findings: Compulsive digital use not only triggers social displacement but also reveals the collapse of internal control. The dominance of nafs al-ammarah over al-‘aql results in israf (excess) and ghaflah (heedlessness), reflected in the erosion of empathy and social cohesion. The classical principle of wasathiyyah (moderation) proves inadequate when applied merely to external behavior, as digital addiction primarily disrupts internal cognitive and moral balance. Conclusion: The study proposes Tazkiyatun Nafs and riyadah al-nafs as psychospiritual frameworks to restore self-regulation through muraqabah, muhasabah, takhalli, tahalli, and tajalli. Novelty: This article presents a new integrative framework combining Social Displacement Theory with Islamic psychospiritual concepts to provide a comprehensive ethical model for addressing digital addiction among contemporary muslim adolescents
A python-based application for automated very low frequency-electromagnetic data processing and subsurface interpretation
No full textBackground: Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic (VLF-EM) method is widely applied in near-surface geophysical investigations for identifying subsurface structures such as fractures, faults, and conductive zones. However, the interpretation of VLF-EM data often requires complex processing steps and specialized software, which may limit efficiency and accessibility for field-based analysis. This study presents the development of a Python-based application designed for automated processing and interpretation of VLF-EM data to support subsurface structure identification. Methods: The application integrates several essential VLF-EM data processing stages, including data input, signal filtering, Fraser and Karous–Hjelt transformations, profile visualization, and subsurface pseudo-section generation. The system was developed using Python programming language and graphical user interface (GUI) components to enable user-friendly interaction and efficient data handling. Field VLF-EM data collected from Neheun area, Aceh Besar, were used to evaluate the performance of the proposed application. The processed data were analyzed to identify subsurface conductive anomalies associated with geological structures. Findings: The results demonstrate that the developed application is capable of producing clear and interpretable VLF-EM profiles and pseudo-sections, allowing effective identification of subsurface conductive zones. Automated processing significantly reduces manual interpretation time while maintaining consistency and reliability of results. The visualization outputs enhance the understanding of subsurface structures and support preliminary geological interpretation. Conclusion: In conclusion, the proposed Python-based application provides an effective and accessible tool for automated VLF-EM data processing and subsurface interpretation. Its flexibility, open-source environment, and integrated visualization features make it suitable for geophysical surveys and educational purposes. Novelty/Originality of this article: The novelty of this study lies in the integration of automated VLF-EM data processing and interpretation within a standalone Python-based application that simplifies analysis while preserving essential geophysical principles
A bibliometric study of the application of carbon quantum dots in the fluorescence sensing for water pollution
No full textBackground: Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) have emerged as promising nanomaterials due to their unique optical properties, low toxicity, chemical stability, and eco-friendly characteristics. Their fluorescence capabilities make them particularly attractive for sensing applications, including the detection of antibiotics and heavy metals. The rapid expansion of research in this area indicates increasing scientific and technological interest in CQD-based sensing systems. Methods: This study employs a bibliometric analysis based on title searches in the Scopus database covering publications from 2014 to 2024. A total of 3,427 documents were identified and analyzed to evaluate publication trends, research growth, and thematic development. The analysis maps research hotspots, innovation patterns, and emerging applications of fluorescent CQDs in antibiotic and heavy metal detection. Findings: The results demonstrate a significant increase in CQD-related publications over the past decade, reflecting accelerated global research activity. Thematic mapping indicates growing emphasis on fluorescence-based sensing, environmental monitoring, and biomedical detection. Research hotspots reveal expanding applications of CQDs in detecting antibiotic residues and toxic heavy metals, highlighting their versatility and analytical sensitivity. Conclusion: The rapid growth of CQD research underscores their strong potential as efficient and environmentally friendly sensing materials. Bibliometric mapping provides valuable insights into research directions and emerging innovations, supporting the advancement of CQD applications in environmental and biomedical detection fields. Novelty/Originality of this Article: This study offers a comprehensive bibliometric mapping of a decade of CQD research, specifically focusing on their application in antibiotic and heavy metal detection. By systematically identifying publication trends and research hotspots, it provides a structured overview of the field’s evolution and establishes a strategic foundation for guiding future innovation and interdisciplinary research in CQD-based sensing technologies
Mapping global research dynamics on climate change and land use land cover change: A bibliometric analysis using R studio
No full textBackground: Land use and land cover change (LULC) has emerged as one of the most critical environmental issues influencing global climate change. Rapid urbanization, deforestation, and agricultural expansion have transformed landscapes, altering carbon cycles and ecosystem services. Previous studies have explored the links between LULC and climate change, yet global trends, research patterns, and thematic focuses remain fragmented. This study aims to map and analyze the global research trends on land use change and its relationship with climate change using a bibliometric approach. Methods: This study employed bibliometric analysis using data extracted from the Scopus database, focusing on publications related to land use change and climate change. The analysis utilized R Studio and bibliometric mapping techniques to identify key research themes, co-occurrence of keywords, and geographic distribution of publications. Theoretical support was drawn from the concepts of sustainable land management and ecosystem-based adaptation. Findings: The results indicate that “land use change,” “climate change,” “land cover,” and “remote sensing” are dominant research themes, reflecting the strong integration between geospatial analysis and environmental assessment. China appears as the most frequently studied region, indicating its central role in global LULC research. Other prominent themes include “ecosystem services,” “urbanization,” “watersheds,” and “sustainable development,” suggesting that current research increasingly integrates ecological and socio-economic perspectives. The findings also highlight a growing shift toward interdisciplinary studies combining spatial analysis, environmental modeling, and policy evaluation. Conclusion: The study concludes that global research on LULC and climate change is expanding toward integrative, data-driven, and solution-oriented approaches. Strengthening collaboration between countries and linking scientific findings to policy implementation are essential to address climate and land transformation challenges effectively. Novelty/Originality of this article: This article provides a comprehensive bibliometric synthesis of global LULC–climate change research, revealing emerging hotspots, dominant themes, and geographical focus areas. The study uniquely integrates spatial and conceptual mapping to highlight research gaps and directions for future interdisciplinary collaboration
Collaborative learning to increase preventive attitude of primary school children towards rabies: Potential mitigation for reducing the economic burden
No full textBackground: Rabies remains a significant public health issue, causing substantial economic and social losses, with children being the most vulnerable group. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of the Collaborative Learning Method in improving primary school children's preventive attitudes towards rabies risk and management, and to identify its potential impact on mitigating the economic burden. Methods: The design of this research used a quasi-experiment with pre-test and post-test. The intervention group used collaborative learning, while the control group followed the lecture method. The instrument was a structured questionnaire, validated by Pearson correlation and reliability tested with Alpha-Cronbach. Data was collected from interviewed elementary students in the Dompu and Woja sub-districts, Dompu District. The intervention group included 57 students, while the control group had 49. Pre-tests were conducted before the intervention, and post-tests were conducted three times: on the same day, one week, and one month after the intervention. The outcome data were analyzed using a chi-square test, an independent sample t-test, and Hake’s formula. Findings: The collaborative method was found to be effective (n-gain score ≥0,7) in increasing attitudes than the lecture method. This improvement in cautious attitude and proper response capability (like wound washing) driven by collaborative learning is positively linked to reducing bite incidents and the cost of Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV), a key burden on regional health budgets. Conclusion: This finding suggests that investing in education focused on attitude modification is an effective and economic strategy under the One Health approach for controlling rabies. Novelty/Originality of this Article: As the first in-depth study, this research applied and evaluated a specific Collaborative Learning method to modify the preventive attitudes of primary students against rabies in Dompu Regency, an endemic area in Indonesia. The findings yield a localized best-practice model for educational intervention
Beyond human interests: An ecocentric critique of Indonesia’s environmental legal framework
No full textBackground: Anthropogenic climate change has intensified ecological degradation globally, including in Indonesia. While frameworks such as the Paris Agreement promote sustainability, their effectiveness depends on how national legal systems translate ecological commitments into practice. As a country situated within the Global South, Indonesia’s environmental legislation—covering environmental protection, forestry, mining, energy, and coastal management—continues to exhibit an anthropocentric orientation that subordinates ecological integrity to economic and developmental priorities. Previous studies have focused mainly on governance and enforcement, leaving the philosophical foundations of environmental law underexplored. This study addresses that gap by examining how anthropocentrism shapes Indonesia’s environmental legal framework and proposing an ecocentric alternative as a more coherent foundation for ecological justice. Methods: Using a qualitative doctrinal approach adapted from ecolinguistic methodology, the analysis operationalizes four dimensions—core textual formula, dominant linguistic pattern, analytical category, and structural orientation—to identify how statutory language frames the human–nature relationship. Findings: The findings show that Indonesia’s environmental laws embody a weak anthropocentric orientation, framing nature primarily as a state-controlled resource for human welfare. Economic logic linguistically shapes concepts like sustainability and ecosystem protection, reinforcing human-centered values. Conclusion: To overcome this, the study introduces an ecocentric paradigm grounded in the concept of the ecological community, which affirms the intrinsic value of all living and non-living entities and repositions humans as participants within the web of life rather than its rulers. Novelty/Originality of this article: By integrating ecocentric principles into Indonesia’s legal philosophy and institutional framework, environmental law may be reframed from a tool of resource management into a moral and juridical foundation for sustaining the community of life
Deforestation and climate change: Risks to children’s environmental rights and policy implications
No full textBackground: There is a limitation on literature that presents comprehensive analysis for the association between environmental-related children's rights with the environmental degradation such as deforestation and climate change. This study aims to explore the potential harm from environmental damage for children's life and will be referred to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The main four principles of UNCRC are: (1) the non-discrimination principle; (2) the best interests of the child; (3) the life, survival, and development principle; and (4) the participation principle. Methods: This paper uses integrative literature review and will conduct three phases, such as synthesis, literature, and thematic. The key terms for references are “Deforestation Child Rights” and “Climate Change and Child Rights”. Findings: In the global context, there is environmental-related child rights violation from environmental degradation such as climate change and deforestation. The child rights violation included (1) the child’s right to life, survival, and development violation; (2) the child’s right to health violation; (3) the right to an adequate standard of living violation; and (4) the child’s right to play violation. This led to the policy implication for Indonesia, specific for provinces with high rate of deforestation and climate change which is referred to four principles of UNCRC. Conclusion: This paper presented an explanation on how environmental degradation such as deforestation and climate change have the impacts on the children’s life. This study refers to the UNCRC framework to examine specific aspects of environmental-related child rights that are violated by environmental damage. Novelty/Originality of this Article: This article mentions policy implications for Indonesia's government to tackle the issue of environmental-related child rights, and refers to four fundamental principles of UNCRC, stressing on provinces with high level of environmental damages
Pressures in public sector fraud: Theoretical perspectives and implications for public sector accounting
Get PDFBackground: Fraud in the public sector is often examined through weaknesses in internal controls and opportunities for misconduct. However, such approaches tend to overlook the structural and institutional dimensions of public bureaucracy. This study aims to reconceptualize pressure within the Fraud Triangle by integrating it with General Strain Theory, providing a deeper understanding of fraud dynamics in government organizations. Methods: A qualitative-descriptive approach using a literature review was employed to conceptually analyze pressure as a driver of public sector fraud. Secondary data from scholarly journals, books, and institutional reports were synthesized through thematic-conceptual analysis to develop a theoretical framework linking various forms of pressure to public sector accounting systems. Findings: The study identifies multiple forms of pressure in the public sector—including occupational lifestyle, institutional, structural-career, socio-cultural, and hierarchical pressures—that operate simultaneously, generating systemic strain that constrains individuals’ ability to achieve valued goals through legitimate means. Conclusion: Consequently, fraud may serve as a maladaptive coping mechanism in response to the imbalance between organizational demands and structural capacity. Effective fraud prevention thus requires a shift from detection-focused approaches to proactive strategies that mitigate structural and bureaucratic pressures as primary sources of strain. Novelty/Originality of this article: This study contributes to the public sector accounting literature by framing pressure as a governance instrument that can be managed through accounting system design. Its originality lies in emphasizing structural and institutional pressures as key determinants of fraud and highlighting the proactive role of accounting systems in mitigating systemic strain
A narrative review of local ecological knowledge in urban water supply governance
No full textBackground: According to the UN World Urban Prospect data, by 2050, 72.2% of the world’s population will live in cities, especially in Asia and Africa. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, the urban population is estimated to reach 70% of the total population by 2045. This indicates the presence of population pressures due to rapid urbanization and environmental stress in the form of increasing demand for clean water supply to sustain urban population growth. This study is a narrative review examining the implementation of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) as a grassroots approach in urban water management in Indonesia and other countries. Methods: Through analysis of 24 case studies using a narrative review approach from both developing and developed countries, this research aims to identify key factors enabling the application of LEK within an integrated bottom-up water resource management framework. Findings: Analysis reveals three critical patterns: successful LEK integration occurs when traditional systems operate within strong social structures with institutional recognition; failures emerge from power imbalances and technocratic-centralistic approaches; and urbanization threatens LEK continuity. Indonesian cases reveal LEK manifesting in spiritual-ecological relationships with water sources, collective cultural practices as social control mechanisms, and autonomous community-based management systems. Self-supply practices by approximately 90% of Indonesian urban households represent adaptive resilience rooted in LEK. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that LEK is a culturally embedded knowledge system essential for sustainable urban water governance. The primary challenge is misalignment between community logic and institutional logic, perpetuated by power imbalances and dominance of scientific-instrumental knowledge. Achieving sustainability requires collaborative platforms bridging formal and local knowledge systems, and capacity-building support for existing community practices. Novelty/Originality of this article: This study recommends a paradigm shift in water management from a predominantly technocratic-centralistic approach toward a hybrid planning model that recognizes LEK as a knowledge system that can be integrated into public policy frameworks