Bogor Agricultural University Researchers Publish Findings in Risk Management (Contributed Indicators to Fluvial Flood Along River Basin in Urban Area of Indonesia): Risk Management

2023 MAR 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on risk management have been published. According to news originating from Bogor Agricultural University by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Flooding is the most common disaster in Indonesia, it is classified as a disaster if it affects humans causing physical and financial losses. Flood damage depends on the type of flood, flow velocity, and duration.”

Our news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Bogor Agricultural University: “The increase in population will cause an increase in infrastructure that will affect the environment, including the carrying capacity of rivers and catchment areas, while flooding in urban areas will also have an impact on infrastructure and assets, increasing flood damage. This study discusses the factors that cause flooding (rainfall, topography, soil type, land slope, distance from rivers, river waste, population density, etc.), as well as various types of floods that occur. The method used in this research was based on the qualitative analysis of the information from the government and literature over the last five years obtained from online databases and search engines. The results of this study can provide a reference for the theory regarding disaster risk assessment and flood hazard prediction in watersheds. This research was conducted in the Ciliwung Watershed (DAS), where the factors and the dominant type of flooding were determined. Knowing the contributing factors can be beneficial for flood risk management.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This research focuses on identifying factors that contribute to fluvial flood events and understanding their influence so that a more integrated flood risk management that takes into account the upstream, middle, and downstream parts of the watershed can be arranged in other areas based on the example of measures implemented by the local government in the Ciliwung watershed. This conceptual effort provides a much-needed foundation for developing better mitigation efforts in watersheds.”

For more information on this research see: Contributed Indicators to Fluvial Flood Along River Basin in Urban Area of Indonesia. Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2023,15(4):102-114. (Geography, Environment, Sustainability - http://ges.rgo.ru). The publisher for Geography, Environment, Sustainability is Lomonosov Moscow State University.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2022-084.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Dwi Ariyani, Postgraduate Student of PSL, Bogor Agricultural University, Darmaga Bogor Campus IPB. Additional authors for this research include . Perdinan, Mohammad Y.J. Purwanto, Euis Sunarti, Atie T. Juniati, Mochammad Ibrahim.

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