The flood management policy in Bandung city: Challenges and potential strategies

Abstract

AbstractFloods have turned into an annual disaster in Indonesia, many metropolitan areas are affected by flood and require policies to deal with this phenomenon. This study was aimed to analyze the policy on flood control in Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia. Bandung City was chosen as a case study because it has the “Local Government Work Plan” (RKPD) document for flood control since 2020. Using a qualitative approach, this study involved informants from the governments, community, and academics to determine the implementation of the regulation. Data validation focused on triangulation of sources from interviews, literature reviews, and field observations. This research showed that the flood control policy is related to the planning documents, but there are several challenges that have hindered the accomplishment such as land conversion, poor waste, and drainage management, as well as critical watershed and illegal building. Potential strategies for strengthening flood control policy include the development of retention ponds, normalization and naturalization of rivers, watershed landscape management, strengthening disaster mitigation, as well as reinforcing bureaucracy and policy. Flood control in Bandung City requires a mutual awareness that disasters can be controlled by policies and the active participation of all parties.

Keywords

• disaster management
• flood
• RKPD
• West Java