MODEL OF ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO FLOOD DISASTERS
Adi Susetyaningsih
Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Garut
Abstract
In seeing the threat of a disaster, the community must have the capability to respond. Disaster risk increases for those who do not prepare themselves for the possibility of a disaster. The purpose of this study is to make a model of harmony of human interaction with the environment in which they live. People living in disaster-prone areas must have an awareness of behavior that can increase community resilience to disasters. The ecological approach can be used to see the interaction of the community with its physical environment. The data in this study were obtained by observation and in-depth interviews with residents living along the banks of the Cimanuk river in Garut City District and reinforced from literature studies. Respondents were selected by community random sampling on the banks of the Cimanuk river which was affected by banjir bandang in 2015. The results of the interviews were analyzed in a qualitative descriptive manner. Physical environmental factors that shape the behavior of community adaptation are land characteristics, rainfall, river border conditions. Community behavior in dealing with disaster risk is determined by the perception of self-determination that shape attitude or attitude is an awareness of the safety of life and property. In addition, there are also social norms or subjective norms that will strengthen peoples attitudes in disaster response efforts, namely religious norms and basic knowledge about the environment. Supporting facilities in the form of physical infrastructure, support of financial resources and institutions as a place to support community interaction in responding to the potential for flood disasters in their residential environments are also a necessity in building disaster response communities. community behavior in preparing themselves for the risk of disasters that arise.
Keywords: ecological approaches, disaster response, riverbanks, behavioral adaptation,
Topic: Civil Engineering