Geohazard Mitigation Based on Local Wisdom for Limestone Mining Site in Padalarang Area of West Java

Abstract

Padalarang area of Bandung Barat Regency is famous as location of limestone mining site in West Java Province. Several geological hazards such as landslide, soil erosion and sedimentation are frequently happen in the study area. Despite the environmental damages due to geohazards, there are still many people living in this area. The objective of this paper is to reveal the efforts of disaster risk reduction based on local knowledge and wisdom of people living around the limestone quarry. Methodology in this study consists of geohazards potential mapping to delineate the area of vulnerability and mapping of the people's knowledge and experiences in their efforts to reduce the risk of disaster around their environment. Results show that several quarries in the study area are prone to landslide and rockslide with high vulnerability. Soil erosion and sedimentation are traceable in the rivers. Native inhabitants around mining site get used to build their homes on the slope in a traditional way to avoid the danger of sliding.. Eventhough the recent home building is popular using bricks but in some cases, the traditional building is expected to be more resilient to geohazards. Stone Garden and Guha Pawon are means of keeping environmental friendly and part of geohazard mitigation.