Upstream Brantas Watershed management strategies for flood mitigation (a review: Batu District)

Abstract

The floods that occurred in Batu in November 2021 were the result of improper management of the upstream area of the Brantas river. This paper reviewing the parties involved in s watershed management strategies with floods. We start by reviewing the watershed management by the stakeholder in upperment areas Brantas. Then we discuss the mitigation strategies’ role in invoicing the negative impact of floods. This research uses qualitative descriptive methods through secondary data collection and literature studies on previous research on management strategies for the upstream area of the Brantas River. This result of the analysis showed that the watershed manages by several leading sectors. The good carrying capacity of the upstream area of the Brantas river is a collaboration of management by the stakeholders. That ability to generate the desired output of basic resources to reduce the risk of several flooding disasters, while maintaining the desired environmental quality. Efforts to develop the regional management can be pursued through community empowerment activities which in practice are carried out through various forms of cooperation/partnerships including community groups. That ability to generate the desired output of basic resources to reduce disaster risk of more severe flooding disasters, while maintaining the environmental quality.