The Impact of Flood Disaster Risk on the Welfare of the Coastal Communities of Semarang City

Abstract

Poor communities in coastal areas of Semarang City experience flooding as much as 1-7 times a month with a height of up to 30 cm and duration of inundation under 6 hours. In general, disaster risk is understood as the potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets that can occur to a system, society, or community over a period. The research approach was conducted using a mixed methods approach (quantitative and qualitative). The qualitative approach is open-ended, descriptive, and non-directional; while for quantitative it is directional, there is a theoretical perspective, and looking for relationships between variables. Damage caused by floods to poor community groups in the coastal area of Semarang City in the form of damage to residential houses and also damage loss of other properties such as electronic goods, household appliances, furniture and vehicles. In addition, another risk is the loss of income and employment due to the flood disaster. With these conditions, the poor in the coastal areas of Semarang City are shackled in a cycle of poverty. For this reason, it is necessary to carry out adaptation and disaster mitigation more intensively to minimize the economic impact and overcome poverty caused by flooding in poor communities in the coastal areas of Semarang City.