Coping Strategies for the Flood Disaster Practiced by the Pekauman Community in Sidoarjo Regency

Nurul Charisma, Hamidah, Moh. Adib

2018

Abstract

The flood that happened in 2016 in Pekauman Village in Sidoarjo Regency, which was caused by the high rainfall intensity, has negatively affected the community since it damaged tens of houses and stopped the community’s economic activities. The objective of this study was to analyse behaviours, factors, and benefits of the coping strategies practiced by the local community in Pekauman, Sidoarjo in mitigating the flood disaster. This qualitative phenomenology study is important to find out the capacity of the coping strategies in dealing with and mitigating the disaster. The three respondents were chosen using the purposive sampling technique since they share similar characteristics: head of the family/housewife, aged between 30 – 70 years old, employees/entrepreneurs with high school or bachelor’s degree educational background; local residents; and good communication skill as well as their willingness to provide the information related to the topic of the research. The data were collected through observation and in-depth interviews with an open and structured process according to the list of interviewees and analysed based on data selection and presentation. The result showed that 6 out of 8 coping strategies were able to help the local community deal with and mitigate the flood disaster and they were confrontative, problem-solving planning, self-control, diversion, positive assessment, accountability acceptance, and avoidance. By using these coping strategies, the community was able to deal with the stress caused by the disaster and to seek ways to deal with the problems during the flood. The working together coping strategy, which cannot be found in Lazaruz and folkman (1984) theory, is also needed by the community to deal with and mitigate the flood disaster.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Charisma N., Hamidah. and Adib M. (2018). Coping Strategies for the Flood Disaster Practiced by the Pekauman Community in Sidoarjo Regency.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS, ISBN 978-989-758-348-3, pages 834-838. DOI: 10.5220/0007552408340838

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icps18,
author={Nurul Charisma and Hamidah and Moh. Adib},
title={Coping Strategies for the Flood Disaster Practiced by the Pekauman Community in Sidoarjo Regency},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS,},
year={2018},
pages={834-838},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007552408340838},
isbn={978-989-758-348-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS,
TI - Coping Strategies for the Flood Disaster Practiced by the Pekauman Community in Sidoarjo Regency
SN - 978-989-758-348-3
AU - Charisma N.
AU - Hamidah.
AU - Adib M.
PY - 2018
SP - 834
EP - 838
DO - 10.5220/0007552408340838