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: Ni Made Pertiwi Jaya
Student Number : 14-8710-601-2
Study Program : Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Graduate School of
Science and Technology, Yamaguchi University
As a country which has a tropical climate with high intensity of rainfall, some regions in
Indonesia are vulnerable to flood disaster. There are at least 11 provinces of 34 provinces in
Indonesia are identified as having the potential for flooding, namely Aceh, North Sumatra,
West Sumatra, Banten, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, South
Sulawesi and West Kalimantan (Hidayat, 2014).
In general, the flood caused by natural factors and human activities related to the use of
natural resources resulting in lower hydrological watershed ecosystem function. Natural
factors mainly due to the extremely high intensity of rainfall, condition of watershed
geomorphology, and tide. While the human factor due to changes in land use, drainage
infrastructure, government and public institutions that have not been good.
Watershed degradation impact on the infiltration resulting in increased of surface runoff and
reduced replenishment of groundwater, then resulting in an increase in river flow during the
rainy season drastically. In extreme circumstances the damage will become big floods in the
rainy season. Therefore, flood control is closely related to watershed conservation.
by the constriction of wet sectional of the tributaries due to the occurrence of silting, the
number of slum areas that occur around the banks, and due to very poor drainage conditions.
References:
Hidayat, Atep Afia, 2014. Eleven Flood Prone Provinces.
http://www.citarum.org (Accessed on December, 18th 2014)
Hutapea, Suhimar, 2012. Study of Deli Watershed Conservation as Efforts of Flood Control
in Medan City. Thesis. Graduate Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Gadjah Mada
University. Yogyakarta.
Polontalo, Sahroel, 2008. Watershed and Flood.
https://bebasbanjir2025.wordpress.com (Accessed on December, 18th 2014)
Public Communication Center, 2013. Flood Control and River Conservation. Ministry of
Public Works of Indonesia.
Rathna, 2008. Watershed Management Planning in Flood Hazard and Landslide Mitigation
Measures. http://pdasblogger.blogspot.jp (Accessed on December, 18th 2014)