Public Perceptions on the Problems of Kuranji River Basin Management in West Sumatera, Indonesia

Rudi Febriamansyah, Finna Nurpasari

2018

Abstract

Batang Kuranji is one of the main rivers that divide the city of Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia from the Bukit Barisan mountains in the east to the Indian Ocean in the west, with a length of about 25 km, and a river basin area of 202.7 Km2. Over the last three decades, there has been an increase in the frequency of problems caused by the declining quality of watershed management, such as upstream landslides, and flooding downstream in urban areas. This study attempts to explore and identify the watershed management issues, from upstream to downstream, based on community perspectives along the river basins: upstream, middle and downstream. Qualitative and quantitative data collection methodswere applied through surveys withrespondents, semi structured interviews with key informant and Focus Group Discussion with stakeholders. In general, each community group along the river basin has a similar view of the more frequent flooding problems and the higher of flood. However, the factors that cause the problems for each community are different with each group blaming one another. This study explores these differing views between groups and provides recommendations for policy makers towards integrated management

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Febriamansyah R. and Nurpasari F. (2018). Public Perceptions on the Problems of Kuranji River Basin Management in West Sumatera, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD, ISBN 978-989-758-543-2, pages 385-392. DOI: 10.5220/0009903500002480

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icnrsd18,
author={Rudi Febriamansyah and Finna Nurpasari},
title={Public Perceptions on the Problems of Kuranji River Basin Management in West Sumatera, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,},
year={2018},
pages={385-392},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009903500002480},
isbn={978-989-758-543-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,
TI - Public Perceptions on the Problems of Kuranji River Basin Management in West Sumatera, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-543-2
AU - Febriamansyah R.
AU - Nurpasari F.
PY - 2018
SP - 385
EP - 392
DO - 10.5220/0009903500002480