ANALYSIS THE POTENTIAL FACTORS OF COMMUNITY CAPABILITIES IN FLOOD PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENT-BASED DISEASE IN BANJAR REGENCY

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