Sensitivity index of flood and tidal flood in Pekalongan City and Regency

Abstract

Pekalongan is located in the northern coastal lowland of Java. The conditions are driving the region into areas that are vulnerable to climate change- the flood and tidal flood. Sensitivity represents a region's sensitivity level to certain catastrophic events including the flood and tidal flood. The study uses the sensitivity index method. The data are obtained from various sources in the form of primary and secondary data. The sensitivity index is classified into five classes (very high, high, middle, low, and very low). The purpose of this study is to know the sensitivity index in Pekalongan city and the Pekalongan regency. The research shows that the sensitivity index in Pekalongan fell into a middle category. The spatial index of sensitivity is in the middle category due to a sensitivity index is dominated by a middle category at 59% percentage rate.

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“…The phenomenon of climate change is increasingly triggering an increase in the risk of hydrometeorological disasters. Floods and tidal floods occur every year with predictions that the inundation area will increase significantly in 2035 [3,4]. One of the causes of drought in Pekalongan Regency is the characteristic of soil absorption of water [5].…”