Community vulnerability and resilience to flood disaster in Losari District, Brebes Regency

Abstract

Brebes Regency is an area that has a high level of vulnerability to flooding. One of the areas with a high level of vulnerability is in Losari District. The flood disaster in Losari District occurred due to the overflow of the Cisanggarung River. The aims of the research: (1) to analyze the community’s vulnerability to floods on social, economic, physical and environmental aspects in Losari District; (2) assessing the vulnerability of the people of Losari District to floods; (3) analyzing the resilience of the Losari sub-district community to floods. This research is a quantitative esearch with a survey method. The study population came from the heads of families in the Losari District who live along the Cisanggarung watershed. The sampling technique uses a purposive sampling method. Statistical descriptive analysis was used to analyze vulnerability in social, economic, physical and environmental aspects, as well as community resilience to floods. The results of the study show that: (1) More than half of the people of Losari District have a high category of social vulnerability; high category of economic vulnerability; high category of physical vulnerability; and low category environmental vulnerability. (2) More than half of the people of Losari District fall into the high vulnerability category. (3) The resilience of the people of Losari District to floods is included in the low category.