Participation of Community in Malang City from Preventing Flood Disaster

Abstract

Flood disaster which occurred in several areas in Malang City of East Java, it resulted the immersion water of flood in several protocol roads and houses in Malang City. An event of flood events like this, it will continue to occur every year, if the main cause is not immediately addressed in a planned manner. Therefore, identification of the causes of flooding needs to be solved and the solution formulated in real terms. In general, the main causes of flooding that occurred in Malang City, in addition to heavy rainfall, the number of new housing (real estate), modern shopping centers, shop houses (shop) in the city of Malang, shallow drainage (drainage) and also due to damage forests in the upstream area which then carry the flood into the lower downstream area, and the number of locations that should have become green open spaces as water catchment areas are actually occupied by permanent buildings. Related to this, there needs to be a review of existing policies that can overcome the problem of flooding in Malang City and optimize Participation of Community to be able to take initial action in flood prevention.