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The aims of this paper to identify a relationship of social capital with the participation of women in their community to realize the sustainablity of rive in urban areas and to achieve resilience of the city. Efforts to increase women's participation in urban planning and environmental management require the support of social capital in local contexts to achieve sustainability of river in urban areas. The method used in this research is a quantitative approach, with this type of research is descriptive-explanatory. Data collection techniques in this study by conducting surveys with questionnaire disseminating and literature study. The research location was undertaken in DKI Jakarta as the metropolitan city has the complexity of problems because of the density of citizens and environmental degradation, especially in the river area. The result of this study shows the social capital of the community has a relation to the proactive participation of women. The activity of capacity building for women for environmental management need to strengthen the values of togetherness and trust to actors who are the drivers of citizens and the implementers of community empowerment. The implication of this study can be used for strategy in protecting of the river in urban areas to adopting a more environmentally friendly approach by integrating gender equality.

Some environmental issues in Indonesia are remaining problems that cannot be resolved. One among the environmental concern is a growing interest in the Watershed (DAS) area management. Various attempts had been made to manage the areas but has not resulted in optimal outcomes so far. The aim of this study is to determine the implementation of environmental management in Indonesia, especially in Citarum Watershed area. Through this research, it is expected in the future inadequate supervisory system that had been developed within the community can be converted into better management, such as integrated management of watersheds with the culture of everyday life. This research uses a mixed method approach consist of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The data is obtained from the modification approach of previous research on Kutai National Park combined with an interview with experts from government and academics. Furthermore, the data is analyzed using AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) and ANP (Analytical Network Process) Superdecision software Ver. 2.6. The study resulted that the strategy of environmental management should be changed into civil-military based management. To be able to map out a strategized effort the military involvement is required at the stage of planning, implementation, coordination, and supervision.

The purpose of this study is to describe the environmental management strategy using gender and life cycle approach through social protection activities. Social protection activities are important in urban areas that undergo a transformation post-disaster in their urban system, related to the life cycle of people in the city and the framework of urban sustainability. The social protection will also increase people's access to environmental resouces so that people are able to participate in environmental management. Vulnerabilities and risks due to environmental degradation of cities require social protection efforts for the community, especially women includes household (family) to strenghten human skill in life cycle. The research used the AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method. This method utilized the expert judgments in the form of options that must be done by the stakeholders. The results of this study show that social protection with gender mainstreaming will increase the ability of citizens to participate and strengthen communities in managing the urban environment that achieve social justice for the community for the sustainability of the city. The contribution of this study can be an alternative strategy for environmental management in the city and more gender responsive policy making.