Apolonia Diana Sherly
University of Jena, Germany
Title: Flood hazard mapping and assessment based on community perception in remote area of eastern Indonesia (A case study in west Malaka sundistrict of belu regency east nusa tenggara province, Indonesia)
Biography
Biography: Apolonia Diana Sherly
Abstract
Community perception has its contribution in the flood disaster management process. The research’s aim at producing the flood event map according to the community perception. The collected data is based on a participatory approach. The sampling methods applied in this study were purposive sampling and stratified sampling. The flood data was obtained through interview with 60 respondents based on research questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The results of interview from respondents and FGD have shown similar flood data on flood frequency, flood extent and waterdepth. The frequency of flooding occurred from 1939, 1959, 1975, 1979, 1999 until 2012. Every time flood hits the study area, all sites were inundated. While, the average duration of inundation in the study area (i.e., Lasaen, Umatoos and Fafoe) was started from 24 hours (1day) it’s minimum and up to three weeks or up to 1 month evenly it’s maximum. The waterdepth of three Villages are varies between 60 cm and 300 cm. Thus, possess a direct impact on people daily needs, with losses reaching more that Rp. 1,000,000,00,- and Rp. 200,000,00,- it’s less minimum.
