Urban planning approaches to support community-based flood adaptation in North Jakarta Kampungs
Disaster Prevention and Management
ISSN: 0965-3562
Article publication date: 24 July 2024
Issue publication date: 12 August 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The ineffectiveness of flood control in climate-impacted majority-world cities like Jakarta highlights the need for policies that integrate local knowledge and embrace water harmony rather than resistance. This study explores flood adaptation in North Jakarta's kampungs (urban informal settlements), aiming to enhance the efficacy of current flood disaster management. The outcomes of the participatory planning mechanism simulation that we propose are expected to provide valuable insights for the urban planning approach in that city.
Design/methodology/approach
We employed focus groups and design charrettes with a bottom-up approach to explore how local knowledge can enhance spatial flood management and urban planning policies. In total, 17 diverse participants, covering various ages and professions, engaged in these activities. Our methods aimed to be culturally sensitive and inclusive, embracing indigenous values like musyawarah and gotong royong. The research methodically examined flood implications and adaptations in informal settlements, progressing through preliminary understanding, data triangulation, and a reflective synthesis of the findings.
Findings
Amid worsening global changes like sea level rise, community-focussed, collaborative planning can help create tailored flood-resilience solutions. The research reveals that partnerships between communities and organisations promote city-wide, flood-adapted environments, aligning policy with the needs and goals of those most affected by flooding. This collaboration enhances flood disaster management and planning policies.
Research limitations/implications
This research focusses on Jakarta's flood adaptation and urban planning, reflecting on historical situations relevant to urbanising majority-world countries. Whilst specific to Jakarta, it offers perspectives on managing global environmental challenges such as sea level rise. Subsequent research should prudently consider each locale's distinct geographic and social milieu and the trust in planning systems in applying these findings, methodologies and approaches.
Originality/value
This study clarifies the relationship between disaster management, policy and flood adaptation, focussing on local knowledge in North Jakarta, pertinent to urbanising majority-world nations. Jakarta's historical and modern dynamics, including globalisation, reveal specific prospects and obstacles to applying vernacular knowledge to planning and disaster response. It highlights crucial points for policymakers in the majority of the world to address growing flood risks and create strategies that integrate local and traditional wisdom.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This work supported by the postdoctoral program of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP), Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia. This research involves the Rujak Center for Urban Studies as a research collaborator, providing access for researchers to interview communities in the flood affected kampungs in North Jakarta. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript or in the decision to publish the results.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The first author has received research grants from the New Zealand government in the form of the “New Zealand Aid Scholarship Program.” All other authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.
Citation
Prana, A.M., Curl, A., Dionisio, M.R., Gomez, C., Hart, D., Apriyanto, H. and Prasetya, H. (2024), "Urban planning approaches to support community-based flood adaptation in North Jakarta Kampungs", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 33 No. 4, pp. 383-405. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2023-0114
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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