Abstract:
Data from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of South Kalimantan Province (2018) total
disaster events in the South Kalimantan Region. As of January 27, 2021, there were 227 disasters recorded.
The dominant natural disaster is flood disaster. The flood disaster caused a death toll of 259 people (dead and
missing) and 8 missing and 3,654 people injured. The purpose of this study is to analyze the potential of
knowledge, community resources, risk areas, community institutions related to clean water treatment in
preventing floods and environmental-based diseases in Banjar Regency. This research method consists of three
stages, namely a preliminary survey, data collection, and data analysis. The results showed that there was a
relationship between gender and flood prevention activities (p<0.05), there was no relationship between flood
prevention activities and knowledge of clean water management (p≥0.05), the relationship between flood
prevention activities and community institutions that played a role in flood prevention (p<0.05), there is no
relationship between flood prevention activities and the potential of natural resources in flood prevention
(p≥0.05).
Keywords: Floods, knowledge, community institutions, risk areas, community resources
