Action of local people to the environment of merapi slope Yogyakarta

NAPSIAH, - (2015) Action of local people to the environment of merapi slope Yogyakarta. In: Proceeding international symposium on sustainability science understanding climate change phenomena for human well being. Prosiding, 1 . Postgraduate Programme on Environmental Studies Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, pp. 196-199. ISBN 978-602-72141-0-1 (In Press)

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Abstract- Flash floods Is one of the Impacts of climate change that require serious attention b~cause they humans. To anticipate dangerous floods, some actions should be done by aU stakeholders to anticipate dangerous floods, including local citizens, because they know their environment in detail; therefore they can do the right actions to anticipate the flood. This qualitative research delscribes the actions done by local citizens in antic:ip»tlng flash floods due to climate change (extrem r-.. lnfall). The results show that the people of Umbulharjo village were aware that their environment Is prone to flood due to the fact that KIJ/i Kuning (name of the river) was full Merapi of eruption material as the sand and rock. Umbulharjo residents took action by managing the river to anticipate the flood. Their action was not solely for economic activity, but also to save the environment from the dangers of flooding. Keywords- Action,floods, local people, Merapi

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