When Mining Trucks Rule the Road: Extractive Mobility and the Governance of Public Risk in Sukatani, Indonesia
Keywords:
Policy Implementation; Mining Governance; Public RiskAbstract
Mining-material distribution in Sukatani District, Purwakarta Regency, generates environmental, road-safety, infrastructure, and community risks that persist despite existing mining and traffic regulations. This study aims to analyze policy-implementation gaps and evaluate governance arrangements for controlling distribution-related public risks. The analysis draws on Policy Implementation, Collaborative Governance, and Risk Governance perspectives. A qualitative case study was conducted using semi-structured interviews, direct observation, document analysis, purposive sampling, and interactive qualitative analysis supported by triangulation. The findings reveal that dust dispersion, material spillage, slippery roads, infrastructure deterioration, and mobility conflicts are reinforced by fragmented institutional responsibilities, inconsistent supervision, weak interagency coordination, and uneven operational compliance. The discussion identifies a distribution-governance failure in which sectoral mandates do not adequately match the integrated nature of public risks. Effective governance requires coordinated supervision, enforceable vehicle standards, clearer operational arrangements, and risk-responsive institutional coordination across the mining distribution corridor to protect communities and shared public infrastructure effectively.
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