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Environmental change seems to have resulted in water insecurity related issue in many areas globally (Bostrom, 2011). Flood disaster in India, United States, Turk and Indonesia cost people their life along with economic burden (McIntyre-Mills et.al, 2018). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (2014) notes global environmental change might lead people living in rural areas to move in to cities, whilst urban water insecurity issues affect the life chances of women, children and vulnerable groups (Figueres 2015). A similar interdisciplinary research by Darian-Smith and McCarty (2017) argues that development perspectives ought to place rural and urban areas in a bonded entity as an integrated development approach. The integrated approach is in line with the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development, which underlines community resilience of those living in disaster-prone areas and refugee centres. This study keys in policy making and governance addressing Paris Climate Change Agreement (2015), United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2014) and United Nations Seandai Framework (2015-2030). The research is in harmony with the Sustainable Development Goals 1, 5 and 17, namely eradicating poverty in terms of water crisis, mainstreaming gender and building network with respect to protecting the vulnerable. Likewise, the research argues for inclusive decision making as to The United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007). This study is making the case to: 1) analise the complexity of needs of the vulnerable community groups concerning water insecurity; 2) Emphasise local government and community networks in the matter of understanding, monitoring and evaluating sustainable rural-urban development based on local wisdom (Nussbaum, 2011, Sen, 2005, Yap and Yu, 2016; 3) create community resilence by ways of analysing the dynamics of policy so as to address why and how all stakeholders could provide trust in government. The Participatory Action Research is collaborating Australian, Indonesian and South African scholars funded by the Ministry of Research Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia.