Abstract

Flood is the most common natural disaster happen during rainy season. Based on National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) about flood and drought maps of vulnerable areas in 2009, Songkar Village is affected areas of flooding. Community participation is an effort to build a culture, and ensure sustainable development for all. Community participation in disaster management regulates in the Regulation of the Head of National Disaster Management Agency Number 11 Year 2014 on Community Participation in Disaster Management Implementation. This study is aimed to analyze the participation of the community in flood prevention through Village Disaster Preparedness Team, analyze the factors that support and hamper the community in flood prevention, and formulate the strategies to prevent flood disaster conducted by Village Disaster Preparedness Team. The result was showed that, participation in Songkar Village was high on ducting activities, but conducted prevention activities and flood mitigation was still less effective. The proposed strategy of community participation in flood disaster mitigation is progressive.

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  • IntroductionIndonesia as an archipelagic State geographically located on the equator, between the Continent of Asia and Australia and between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, is at the meeting of three major tectonic plates of the world, resulting in Indonesia as a highly vulnerable territory to natural disasters.The location of the Equatorial Country causes the Indonesian territory to have typical climatic conditions with an long rainy and drought season

  • Indonesia as an archipelagic State geographically located on the equator, between the Continent of Asia and Australia and between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, is at the meeting of three major tectonic plates of the world, resulting in Indonesia as a highly vulnerable territory to natural disasters.The location of the Equatorial Country causes the Indonesian territory to have typical climatic conditions with an long rainy and drought season.At a time when global climate conditions affect the climate in Indonesia, seasonal changes can trigger the occurrence of floods, droughts, and forest fires

  • Qualitative research method is a research method used to examine the condition on natural object condition.The scope is emphasized on the discussion on community participation in flood prevention through Disaster Preparedness Team Village in Sumbawa Regency

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Introduction

Indonesia as an archipelagic State geographically located on the equator, between the Continent of Asia and Australia and between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, is at the meeting of three major tectonic plates of the world, resulting in Indonesia as a highly vulnerable territory to natural disasters.The location of the Equatorial Country causes the Indonesian territory to have typical climatic conditions with an long rainy and drought season. At a time when global climate conditions affect the climate in Indonesia, seasonal changes can trigger the occurrence of floods, droughts, and forest fires. Sumbawa Regency has various natural disaster threats. These threats include floods, extreme weather, drought, extreme waves and erosion, earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and social conflicts [2]. Indonesia Disaster Risk Index number (IRBI) of 150 (height) andranked 302th out of a total of 496 districts with disaster risk [3]

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