Journal of Ultimate Public Health
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019): November 2019

WATERSHED DAMAGE IN JAKARTA AREA (CASE STUDY ON CILIWUNG WATERSHED)

Dian Handayani (Study Program of Public Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Prof. Dr. Hamka)
Al Asyary (Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Nov 2019

Abstract

The description of watershed damage and land degradation has shown an increase year by year. One of the watershed that has been degraded due to the change of land use is Ciliwung watershed. The purpose of this study is to identify the damaged watershed in DKI Jakarta area in 2015 (Ciliwung Watershed study case). The methodology used in this authorship is a study of literature on a wide range of scientific articles in the form of journals, books, and research related to the subject title. The main factor causing the damage to Watersheds (DAS) in Jakarta is the increase of development and infrastructure which caused the transition of land function which initially functioned as water storage area now turned into building, settlement and others. From the main factors, it can be concluded that the causes of watershed damage in DKI Jakarta area are lack of watershed management in DKI Jakarta, the absence of personnel in charge of watershed management, lack of community awareness and participation in efforts to preserve the watershed and less firm law enforcement.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jump

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

Jump Health is a peer-reviewed academic journal of studies in public health science and learning published biannually in May and November. Given that the journal prioritizes research reports in Jump Health, viewpoint articles in the same field will be considered for publication. ...