MEASUREMENT OF WATER AVAILABILITY: UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL OF WATER AND THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY WELFARE AT BUMIAJI DISTRICT, BATU CITY, INDONESIA
Ismu Rini Dwi Ari (a*), Septiana Hariyani (a), Budi Sugiarto Waloejo (a)

a) Regional and Urban Planning Department, Engineering Faculty, Brawijaya University, Malang City. Jl. MT. Haryono no. 167 Malang 65145 Indonesia.
* dwiari[at]ub.ac.id

Abstract

This research attempts to be part of the goal of Sustainable Development Goals movement, especially pillar number six. Bumiaji District Batu City, Indonesia is chosen as an empirical case, with basic assumption that putting together development of both physical and social infrastructures as a key success for poverty alleviation. Total respondents are 552 households proportionally distributed at 9 villages which classified into poor and non-poor family whereby primary data was conducted through face-to-face interview questionnaire. First aim found that the non-poor households have better access to safe water than the poor through measurement of the 5 components of Water Poverty Index (WPI), in range the WPI value of 55.26 - 80.12 and 44.98 - 64.91, respectively. However, between the two has one similarity wherein environment indicates as the worst component (25.04 - 37.78). For the second question, applying Social Network Analysis with two indexes of rate of participation and density also depicts similar result that the non-poor households have higher social ties than the poor. In conclusion, putting together the balance development between physical infrastructure and human resources are indispensable, in particular on how important environmental education to prevent land use conversion from green areas to built-up area

Keywords: Water Poverty Index, Rate of Participation, Density

Topic: Environmental Science, Technology, and Education