Community Perceptions Analysis of Waste Management in the Upper Citarum Watershed Measured from Attitudes, Awareness, Responsibilities, and Norms using the SEM Method
Atiti Setyaning Utami Mudjiardjo, Setyo Sarwanto Moersidik, Linda Darmajanti

School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia

Abstract

The Citarum River is a river that is widely used for community life, however, water pollution in the Citarum watershed, especially the upstream area is increasing. Research shows that river water quality has decreased drastically where along the 127 km or 47.1% of the Citarum river has been heavily polluted and filled with various waste. Waste and its management are now becoming an increasingly urgent problem in cities in Indonesia, because if it is not handled properly it will result in a change in the environmental balance that is detrimental. It is feared that the high level of pollution in the upstream area of the Citarum watershed will have an impact on the water quality conditions. Therefore, a social analysis is needed in the upstream area of the Citarum watershed. In this study, people^s perceptions in the upstream area of the Citarum watershed were measured by the SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) method. 100 samples were taken from the community in the upstream area of the Citarum watershed. This research is intended to analyze the perceptions of the community in the upstream area of the Citarum watershed towards waste management, measured by attitudes, awareness, responsibility, and norms. The correlation results show that there is a significant relationship between the dimensions of waste management where the highest correlation or relationship between norms and a sense of responsibility is (0.6667). It can be concluded that community norms and responsibilities are the main factors in waste management.

Keywords: Citarum, waste, water pollution, SEM method, social analysis

Topic: Environmental Science, Technology, and Education