Model of ecological approaches to build community response to flood disasters
Abstract
In seeing the threat of a disaster, the community must have the capability to respond. Disaster risk increases for those who do not prepare themselves for the possibility of a disaster. The purpose of this study is to model the harmony of human interaction with the environment in which they live. Behavioural awareness of people living in disaster-prone areas can increase community resilience to disasters. The ecological approach is used to see the interaction of the community with its physical environment. The data of this study were obtained through in-depth observation and interviews of residents living on the banks of the Cimanuk river in Garut City District. Respondents were randomly selected from the community on the banks of the Cimanuk river affected by the Banjir Bandang in 2016. The results of the interviews were analyzed qualitatively. Physical environmental factors that form the adaptation of community behaviour are land characteristics, rainfall, river border conditions. Community behaviour in dealing with disaster risk is determined by the perception of self-determination that shapes attitudes and awareness of the safety of life and property. There are also social norms that strengthen people’s attitudes in disaster response efforts. River embankments, water monitoring posts, evacuation routes, funding sources, and institutions are supporting infrastructure for community interaction in responding to potential flood disasters and being a necessity in building disaster response communities.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/1402/2/022012
- Bibcode:
- 2019JPhCS1402b2012S