Adaptation and Mitigation Model for Flood Disaster Resilience in West Malangke District, North Luwu Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

World climate change in the last decade has resulted in annual seasonal changes, especially in tropical geographical areas due to changes in land use in watershed areas, and has increased the risk of flash floods in downstream areas. This study aims to analyze the factors that have a dominant effect (leverage) on disaster adaptation and mitigation, as well as the resilience of flash flood disaster areas, and find a model of adaptation and mitigation relationships in the form of the resilience of flash flood-prone areas. The research method uses an ex post facto quantitative approach with an explanatory design that is analyzed by multivariate statistics based on structural equation modeling (SEM-PLS). Data collection was done using observation, interviews, documentation, and a survey. The results showed that aspects of disaster management and spatial planning are the dominant factors influencing disaster mitigation and adaptation, while aspects of flood technology and disaster mitigation are also the dominant influences on the resilience of flood disaster areas. The potential sustainability of flash flood-prone areas indicates two main pathways of direct relationship models based on disaster management and spatial planning that encourage the resilience of flash flood disaster areas in West Malangke District, North Luwu Regency. This research helps formulate a model of development and sustainability in the flood disaster area in the downstream area.