A COMMUNITY-BASED VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF FLOODS IN URBAN AREAS OF KAMPUNG MELAYU, JAKARTA
| Main Authors: | CorneliaMarschiavelli, Mone lye, Pramono Hadi, M., McCall, Michael K., Kingma, Nanette C. |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
https://journal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/2252 https://journal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/2252/2007 |
Daftar Isi:
- Flooding has become a serious problem in Jakarta. During floods .of 2007,Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta was the worst hit.by the floods. Community havedifferent perceptions on disaster and have different effort to overcome the hazards.Therefore, local government and relevant institution should investigate thissituation and make this information a valuable input in developing andimplementing response plans in flood mitigation. This research is to explore thevulnerability of floods based on local people's perception. There were 83households interviewed using questionnaire. Certain elements at risk related withphysical and socio:economic aspects were identified. Physical informationconcerned the building structure and building contents. Several socio-economiccharacteristics were used as key indicators to analyze the vulnerability of people.Generally, the result of this research shows that the ability of people to cope withthe flooding i$ linked with the capacity of the people itself. The capability of peopleto deal withflooding was influenced by several indicators.based on their socio- .economic characteristics. For example, lower income people will experience moresuffering than the wealthier, because they cannot afford the' costs of repair,reconstruction. Although the wealthier are likely to experience a higher degree ofeconomic damage due to possessions of higher value. Base on the analysis, allcoping strategies and flood measures are not enough to cope with flooding in thestudy area.