%A - Hayatul Khairul Rahmat %A - Dewa Ketut Kerta Widana %A - A Said Hasan Basri %A Zaen Musyrifin %J World Researchers Associations INDIA %T Analysis of Potential Disaster in The New Capital of Indonesia and its Mitigation Efforts: A Qualitative Approach %X On August 26, 2019, President Joko Widodo announced that a new capital city of Indonesia would be built in the administrative area of North Penajam Paser Regency and Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan Province. Therefore, it is very important to conduct research that discusses the identification and analysis of potential disasters in the new capital city of Indonesia and mitigation efforts. This research uses a qualitative research method with a descriptive analytical approach. To collect concrete data, researchers conducted data collection techniques, namely interviews and documentation. The results of the study show that the new capital city of Indonesia has moderate potential disasters, both North Penajam Paser Regency and Kutai Kartanegara Regency are classified as moderate. The potential disasters in the new state capital area are floods, forest and land fires andlandslides. For this reason, disaster mitigation efforts need to be done in moving the new capital of the country. In addition, disaster mitigation efforts can be carried out by active and passive mitigation %N 1 %K Disaster; Mitigation; New capital city of Indonesia. %P 40-43 %V 14 %D 2021 %I World Researchers Associations INDIA %L digilib57862