Variable sustainability of domestic wastewater management in informal self-help housing, Case Study Bogor City

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify sustainability variables in domestic wastewater management in informal self-help housing in Bogor City. The analysis tool used is MICMAC analysis, which can identify variables of influences and dependences, mapped in a graph to explain the relationships between variables, and know the causal chain of a system. The identified variables are derived from books, journals, regulations issued by the government, field observations, in-depth interviews with stakeholders, focuss group discussion. The result of the MICMAC analysis is 1) very influential variables as key variables include: variables of the role of government and social capital; 2) relay variables or variables that are influential but highly dependent, including variables of community participation and empowerment, knowledge and education, sharing community resources, financial assistance, non-financial assistance, provision/ construction of facilities and infrastructure, operation and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure, community institutions, management collaboration, policy reform, budget support, regulations for providing incentives/disincentives and rewards/sanctions that are implemented; 3) depending variables or result variables are variable of spatial and building planning; 4) excluded variables or variables whose influence is relatively small on the system are variables of culture and customs, alternative financing, land provision and legal aspects of land, partnerships between government, private, community and volunteer organizations and asset security.