House Does Not Be for Sale, Begawan Solo Watershed Communities Forced to Survive
- August 9, 2021
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- Categories: IJRISS, Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue VII, July 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186
House Does Not Be for Sale, Begawan Solo Watershed Communities Forced to Survive
Dr. Mondry
Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.
Abstract
People who are living in the Begawan Solo watershed in Bojonegoro Regency were asked why they would not move even though they would face flooding every year, most of them felt fine with that. For them, they don’t mind because the flood is not dangerous. The answer comes from the construction they received from previous generations. However, later in the study it was found that they did not want to move because their house was difficult to sell. Residents outside the neighborhood do not want to buy, because they already know that houses in that location will be flooded every rainy season every year. The people living in the area are not able to solve their problems. Every year they will continue to experience flooding, without the participation of the district and provincial governments to overcome the problems they face.
Key word: Bengawan Solo, flood, not want to move, flood area
Introduction
Flooding is a significant disaster in Indonesia, even in 2015, as many as 23 provinces were flooded (Jawa Pos, 2015). Floods that occurred in Indonesia during 2018 happen 506 times, from 1999 natural disasters (Kompas, 2018). According to Sulaeman, Asep, and Sumiadi (2017) flood disasters that hit the Bengawan Solo watershed always occur in the rainy season every year and have been going on for a long time, maybe even decades. From small scale to massive scale floods. However, the people who are flooded every year in the most extended river area on the island of Java are still not willing to move. They remain to live in high flood-prone areas.
The research in Ledok Wetan Village, and Sumbangtimun Villages, Bojonegoro Regency, used a qualitative method, aiming to find the reasons for their survival in the flooded area, whether religious aspects, education, income or other factors aside from those three things.
Informants in the two study locations only determined based on their location but not considering other demographic factors.
