"Telolet Om", the Concept of Flood Control Policy Based on Community Participation

Abstract

The concept of Flood Control in RW 05 Purwantoro, Blimbing sub-district neighborhood in Malang City are using flood control model called “Telolet Om”. This action was based on community participation, which meant mobilizing the community to actively participate in the rain runoff control effort. The “Telolet Om” is a prototype made for implementing public policy which is not only focused on overcoming flood problems but also provides advantages and benefits to the surrounding community in the form of job opportunities, and provides additional economic values. The implementation of this flood management policy Regulation No. 5 of 2016 involves all layers of society and in terms of importance, this concept is not only able to maintain the sustainability of drainage maintenance but also it is expected that with this concept flooding isn’t likely to occur again, it would increase green open space for community social space and increase the economic income of the community from eggplant, chilies, catfish and tomato. The methods used are observation and interviews. In-depth interviews were conducted to determine the community’s willingness to live in the floodplain, losses due to flooding that occurred during the last 10 years, and community values utilized in their flood mitigation systems.