Implementation of Spatial Data Infrastructure in Cianjur District for Disaster Risk Management Purposes

Abstract

According to the Indonesia Disaster Risk Index, one of the most prone districts to disaster in Indonesia is Cianjur District. The district is exposed to floods, landslides, droughts and geological hazards, such as tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Using the existing data that the district currently has, this study aims to explore more deeply about disaster risk management in Cianjur District, and to know whether Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) can be implemented to make disaster risk management better. Commonly used definition of SDI, it is said that SDI is data infrastructure implementing a framework of geographic data, metadata, users and tools that are interactively connected in order to use spatial data in an efficient and flexible way, that is »the technology, policies, standards, human resources, and related activities necessary to acquire, process, distribute, use, maintain, and preserve spatial data. Therefore, this study aims to assess to what extent such framework has been used and can be improved given the characteristics of Cianjur District. This study selects flood data in Cianjur as the case study. The methods used are identifying flood vulnerable area in Cianjur by processing data from Development and Planning Agency of West Java Province, then comparing the results with current data of flood vulnerable area owned by BPBD Cianjur, disaster occurrences in the past and the business model of BPBD as well as coordination with other stakeholders, such as Social Agency and Health Agency.