Profiling Community Vulnerabilities Flood Disasters: An Indicator-Based Vulnerability Assessment for Banjar District, South Borneo

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10.2991/978-2-494069-87-9_13How to use a DOI?

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Flood disasters; physical vulnerability; Social Vulnerability; Economic Vulnerability

Abstract

This study aims to determine the profile of the vulnerability of the people of Banjar Regency to flood disasters. Banjar Regency was chosen because its area has a high risk of flooding. The method used in this study is a survey research method, with a total of 100 households as respondents. How to collect interview data directly to the head of the family or the representative family member. Data analysis used SPSS 24, with descriptive analysis and frequency analysis. The research results are divided into physical vulnerability, economic vulnerability, and social vulnerability. Based on the data analysis, the people of Banjar Regency have high Physical Vulnerability because the location of Banjar Regency is in the lowlands, close to the river and often receives flooding from higher areas of the Regency. Banjar Regency experiences flooding 3–4 times in one year. Meanwhile, the houses owned by the residents are in accordance with the standards and are resistant to flooding. The economic vulnerability of the community is very low, 100% of the respondents have income. In addition, it is also shown that 70% of respondents do not have debts above 10 million. The social vulnerability of the community is also quite low, seen from the solidarity between families, the attitude of mutual cooperation and mutual assistance to the community when a disaster occurs.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Astri Hanjarwati
AU  - Sulistyaningsih
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/26
TI  - Profiling Community Vulnerabilities Flood Disasters: An Indicator-Based Vulnerability Assessment for Banjar District, South Borneo
BT  - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Social Science and Humanities (AICOSH 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 96
EP  - 105
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-87-9_13
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-87-9_13
ID  - Hanjarwati2022
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