A Toward Sustainable Built Environment: A Gender-Eco Friendly Master Plan of a Sinking Village for Climate Change Adaptation

Susilorini, Rr. M. I. Retno Susilorini (2023) A Toward Sustainable Built Environment: A Gender-Eco Friendly Master Plan of a Sinking Village for Climate Change Adaptation. Environment and Ecology Research, 11 (3). ISSN 2331-6268

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Abstract

It is reported in the last decades that the northern coastal area of Java has been submerged by tidal flooding caused by climate change. Demak Regency is one of several cities that hardly suffered from the disaster, especially in Sriwulan Village, Sayung District. The phenomenon shows a threat to the sustainable built environment caused by climate change impact. In tidal flooding-prone areas, the built environment must be both influenced and also makes influenced by its surroundings. Since the built environment has been disturbed by climate change, women can adapt and take the initiative during disaster events, including taking place of their jobless husbands as breadwinners during the Covid-19 pandemic. Every event of disaster, including tidal flooding, will strongly impact women, which may become a gender inequality issue. A gender-responsive village master plan could become a crucial issue in village development, especially for the ones impacted by disasters. Hence, this research wants to create a gender eco-friendly master plan for Sriwulan village for a sustainable built environment. The research was located in Sriwulan village, Sayung District, Demak Regency which was conducted by descriptive-qualitative method to produce a gender eco-friendly Sriwulan village’s master plan. The survey, observation, and in-depth interview reported a rapid increase in tidal flooding inundation and level in Sriwulan village. It was also found that women have a limited role in tidal flooding disaster risk reduction and adaptation. There is insufficient information, training, and workshop about climate change, disaster risk reduction, and adaptation. In conclusion, women should be given the opportunity as an actor in leading the community to cope with the climate change impact for a better future by increasing their capability and fair knowledge. In the future, village life will be prolonged by the “Gender Eco-Friendly Master Plan for Sustainable Built Environment of Sriwulan Village” which was created by placing several zones such as: (1) the mangrove zones; (2) alert zone with tidal flood detectors; (3) evacuation routes with assembly point; (4) women and children care zone; (5) women’s floating market zone; (6) restaurant and women’s shop’s zone; (7) trade and commercial zone; and (8) housing. The master plan is expected to give a better future to Sriwulan village, especially to adapt to tidal flooding and put the women as an actor in Sriwulan village’s sustainable built environment. By the “Gender Eco-Friendly Master Plan for Sustainable Built Environment of Sriwulan Village”, the face of the Sinking Village of Sriwulan will change to a prospective Eco-Tourism Village of Sriwulan

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