Chapter 5 Evaluation of Indonesia’s Policy Intervention In this last chapter, the first step for doing the evaluation of policy intervention, author creates a list of factors and problems that cause flood disaster in Jakarta due to the river’s overflow in the rainy season and sea level rise effect. Then, evaluate which term in the current implementation of some Indonesia’s policies still could not resolve the problems and how far it has been worked from what was promised in the policies. Lastly, the author offers recommendations on how to adapt or change those current policies. Furthermore, the author also gives some plan of actions for reducing the flood hazard risk from sea and rivers effectively. •
Flood-causing Factors and Problems in Jakarta Based on the third chapter, author identified how the characteristic of Jakarta’s
geography and community get the impact of the flood from river and sea. This first step is giving a brief conclusion of whole flood-causing factors and problems in Jakarta. It will be simplified by determining that problems into different categorize according to the lessons taken from the case studies and the lack of Jakarta’s urban element (see Table 3). Moreover, this category will provide an understandable explanation for the next step which is evaluating the lack of current Indonesia’s policies. Table 3. List of Flood-causing Factors and Problems Flood-causing Factors and Problems The land subsidence decreases continuously because until now the community still use the ground water rather than the surface or existing water resources utilization The land use transforms in the upstream zone and resulting of the water debit and run-off enhancement around 65% High ocean waves in the coastal line about 5 mm/year Inappropriate management system of Ciliwung River in the upstream area High precipitation intensity (377 mm/day) Improper floodgates and water pump stations location Poor disposal system for handling wastes Society still dispose their households’ garbage in open drains such as river Encroachment of slums and squatters (illegal) on riverbanks due to the limited space and high house demand Low amount of public green open space (4.65%) and still far from the total of government’s target (20%) Numerous neighbourhood societies in Jakarta have grown small range of adaptation actions Source: Author, 2020
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Categorize of Problems Land Use Arrangement Community Participation Land Use Arrangement Water Catchment & Drainage Treatment Water Catchment & Drainage Treatment Water Catchment & Drainage Treatment Water Catchment & Drainage Treatment Waste Management Waste Management Community Participation Land Use Arrangement Community Participation Land Use Arrangement Green Open Space Capacity Community Participation
