Flood and landslide vulnerability as natural hazard in Parepare City

Abstract

Natural disaster risk is considered in regional planning to reduce risk potency. Parepare is one of the districts in South Sulawesi which has natural disaster potency such as flood, landslide and hurricane. Parepare lies in a very strategic area which is connecting the northern and southern parts of South Sulawesi. As a strategic area, Parepare grows rapidly and therefore the land conversion from forest and paddy field to settlement also increases. Impact of increasing settlement and other infrastructures are decreasing land capacity and tend to increase disaster potency. The natural disaster study indicates 3 major potencies arising: flooding which dominantly occurs in Karajae River, a landslide which commonly took place in hilly topography and hurricane everywhere in the city. To handle this condition at least 3 steps should be applied: a) prevention that includes all efforts of disappearing in reducing disaster; b) mitigation covered reducing disaster impact and c) preparedness activity for anticipating disaster.