ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF OIL MINING BY THE PEOPLE OF MUSI BANYUASIN REGENCY – SOUTH SUMATERA
Mulyanto
Sociology Study Program, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Universitas Sriwijaya
Abstract
Environmental risk analysis is predicting the possibility of the occurrence of a risk from an activity and determining the impact of the activity. Oil mining by the society has high risk, i.e. environmental degradation. Based on environmental risk identification, there are 12 environmental components which become impact sources. The present study was aimed to describe, analyze and interpret the environmental risk of illegal oil mining. The present study used critical theory paradigm. Based on analysis using qualitative matrix on the environmental components of oil mining by the society, there were high environmental risk scores in almost all environmental components, except increase in people-s income which had a low score. Therefore, the environmental risks of oil mining by people in the research location had massive environmental risks and environmental impacts.
Keywords: Oil mining, Environmental risk, Impact source
Topic: Environment, Health, and Safety