LANDSLIDE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IN VULNERABLE AREAS

AT WONOSOBO REGENCY

I.

Background
One of disaster occurred frequently in Indonesia is landslide. Almost every
places in Indonesia especially on mountainous area landslide disaster usually
happened. Landslides commonly happen during rainy season between December
and February. They bring extensive damages on property and cause losses to lives.
In order to minimize damages, it is necessary to assess and manage areas that are
susceptible to landslide. Landslide susceptibility map is really needed to reduce
damages caused by landslide.
Base on the former reports and studies, the fact happened in field, both
regional and province scope of Central Java, Wonosobo is one of danger area for
landslide moving. To anticipate and minimalist the risk of disaster in the future, the
good disaster management must be applied by local government and people who
live around prone areas.
Due to the high demand of public information related to spatial planning
and environmental protection, landslide hazard and risk assessment have become a
fundamental tool in risk management as an integral part of landuse planning in the
disaster prone areas. Therefore, evaluation of risks associated with landslides is an
important challenge to develop proper disaster management policies.
Disaster management includes administrative decisions and operational
activities that involve prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and
rehabilitation. Disaster management can be defined as the effective organization,
direction and utilization of available counter-disaster resources. Effective risk
reduction involves mitigation measures in hazard prone areas. It may also involve
overcoming the socioeconomic, institutional and political barriers to the adoption of
effective risk reduction strategies and measures in developing countries. The
disaster mitigation committee should explore on all possible measures that might
help to reduce risk. The alternatives should be weighed and the more acceptable
ones selected which are appropriate to satisfy community needs. Then a plan must
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be formulated to facilitate the implementation of the selected risk reduction

measures.
II. Objectives
A. To determine the areas that have high susceptibility for landslide hazard using
landslide risk mapping
B. To plan mitigation actions to minimize damages caused by landslide hazard
using landuse planning in prone area
III. Outputs
A. Landslide risk map that can be a guidance for local goverment to take some
action to preserve people who live in lanslide prone areas.
B. Disaster mitigation related with lanslide hazard caried out by local goverment
and awarnes of local people related landslide hazard increase significantly.
IV. Type of activities
Several types of activities undertaken in the landslide disaster mitigation project in
Wonosobo can be presented on the points below:
1. Making landslide risk maps and mapping landuse design in areas that vulnerable
to landslide hazard.
2. Built evacuation building and early warning system accord with landslide risk
map and landuse design map
3. Socialization to the public about the dangers of landslides and everything related
to the landslide disaster mitigation with posters, film and installation of signs on
certain areas of landslide hazard.
4. Take efforts to prevent landslide hazard using vegetative and mechanical
techniques
5. Educate the community both formally and informally through the school lesson
and by involving the village institution.

V. Methods
A. Lanslide Hazard Mapping
Five parameter maps were used in order to build landslide hazard maps,
namely landform map, slope map, geological map, soil map and landuse map.
Detailed thematic data were derived from existing topographical maps, aerial
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photographs and field surveys. Therefore, an alternative method to build

landslide hazard map is needed. The quantitative method using logistic
regression model can be used to determine probality of landslide occurance.
Risk assessment was focused only on the number of populations possibly
threatened in each house or building mapped in the region. The first priority in
selecting measures implies appropriate landuse planning for local management
plan purpose such as prohibition, restriction and regulation for the developments
in landslide-prone areas. The risk information will enable decision-makers,
communities and individuals to make informed decisions on where to live, to
build infrastructures or business areas.
B. Disaster Mitigation
Disaster mitigation on the practical side close to disaster reduction that
involves measures designed to avoid or limit (mitigation and preparedness) the
adverse impact of landslide hazards. Various types of practical aspects of risk
mitigation in order to reduce the vulnerability must be done by local authorities
and people by using various methods both technical and social. The purpose of
social risk prevention is in order to provide information to the people in
evacuation and alert system purposes. Construction evacuation building and
installation of landslide hazard early warning systems is one of the efforts made
in the landslide disaster mitigation activities.
Public awareness was realised by local government diffusing hazard map
in regional scale, posters and panels that accompanied by educational action. A
mechanical approach consists of covering soil cracks by ground coatings beaten
to limit the infiltration of rain water and construction of retaining concrete walls
or small gabion intended to stabilize or consolidate the slopes along main roads
or rivers. The vegetative technique using terrace amplifier plant became also
alternative protection countermeasures which have been applied to the several
slope conditions and reforestation on the damages forest in vulnerable areas.
This technique is relatively cheaper and community-friendly which can be
conducted by local peoples. Hazard education conducted regularly in order to

build the better perception and understanding for local people regarding to
landslide hazard and risk.
VI.

Team Composition
There are many institution that involve in this project. Each of them have
spesified responsibility that have corelation to this project.
A. Bappeda (Regional Development Planning Agency)
Bappeda is an institution that has a significant role in determining the
success of the project. Bappeda act as project leader and also create a hazard
map and land suitability maps in Wonosobo. This map will be the reference
in determining the various things that would be taken related to landslide
hazard mitigation.
B. Public Work Agency (PU)
Public Works Agency is responsible for built evacuation buildings,
installation of early warning system and also construction of retaining
concrete walls or small gabion intended to stabilize or consolidate the slopes
along main roads or rivers.
C. Eduational Agency
Educational agencies responsible for disaster mitigation in the context of
socialization which is done through several medias such as posters, film and
installation of warning sign. Besides that, the educational agency has
responsible to educate the people relating to the landslide disaster mitigation
undertaken either through formal institutions (school) or non-formal
approach.
D. Forestry Agency
Forestry agency responsible for the prevention of landslide hazards through
vegetative technique,for examples with reforestation and planting spesified
vegetation on land that has a high degree of slope.
E. Local Goverment (village)
Local Government is responsible as the liaison with the local community.
For example in socialization activities, local government has significant role
in memobilisaisi inhabitant. The success of socialization is determined by
the existence of local government.
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VII. Location
Landslide hazard mitigation project is planned to be implemented in
Wonosobo Regency, Central Java.
VIII. Budgetary Fund
Landslide hazard mitigation project in Wonosobo regency necessary cost that
come from provincial budget and regency budget in budgentary year 2012