PARTICIPATORY MAPPING FOR DISASTERS IN TULUNGREJO VILLAGE, BUMIAJI SUB-DISTRICT, BATU CITY

Abstract

The ecological situation in Batu has a significant potential disaster, one of the areas
that have this is Tulungrejo village in the Bumiaji sub-district of Batu city. In general,
there have been thirty-two disaster outbreaks in the Bumiaji sub-district; the area
with the most disaster risk is Tulungrejo village. Therefore, as an awareness of
emergency response situations, participatory mapping for disaster potential risk is
essential to conduct by using the information of local people. This research applied
the Participatory Geographic Information System (Pgis) as the mapping approach.
The purpose of using this approach is to produce a disaster risk potential map as
the reference in determining the priority of disaster risk reduction based on the
information that exists in the local area. This participatory mapping is an essential
part of creating the social-technical resilience by the community.