FKIP – Saturday (17/6/2023), the Applied Research Group (RG) Team for the Geography Education Study Program (Prodi) of the Teaching and Education Faculty (FKIP) Sebelas Maret University Surakarta (UNS) Surakarta held a Community Capacity Building Workshop in Reducing Disaster Risk Landslide in Sepanjang Village, Tawangmangu District, Karanganyar Regency.

This workshop is a community service activity with the Research Group Grant Community Service (PKM HGR-UNS) scheme in collaboration with the UNS Institute for Research and Community Service (LPPM). The activity began with remarks by Dr. Pipit Wijayanti, S.Sc., M.Sc., as the team leader. In his remarks, he said that community capacity building is one of the keys to disaster risk reduction.

The activity continued with remarks and opening remarks by Mr. Taryono, the Secretary of the Sepanjang Village. He said that landslides frequently hit his village, especially in Ngledok Hamlet, Sendang Hamlet, and Genngan Hamlet. He hopes this activity will make the people of Sepnajang Village a resilient community in dealing with landslides. He also hopes that the cooperation between Sepanjang Village and UNS, especially the Geography Education Study Program, can be continued with other activities, such as Disaster KKN.

Before the implementation of the workshop, the Geography Education Study Program Applied RG Team distributed pre-tests to measure the level of community capacity. After that, the activity continued with a presentation by Setya Nugraha, S.Si., M.Sc., entitled “Increasing Community Capacity in Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk”. In this presentation, he explained the factors that caused the landslide disaster.

“There are 6 factors that cause landslides, namely topography or slope, soil/rock conditions, water, vibration or frequency of earthquakes, land use, and human activities. However, in Sepanjang Village, there are only 4 factors, namely topography or slope, water, land use, and human activity. Creating a canal that cuts through the slope greatly increases the formation of slip planes, leading to landslides over time. In addition, land use is one of the ways to reduce the risk of landslides,” said Setya.

Then carried out Participatory Mapping (PM) or Participatory Mapping (PP) was carried out by the community guided by Rahning Utomowati, S.Si., M.Sc., and Gentur Adi Tjahjono, S.Si. M.Pd. Participatory Mapping (PM) is a mapping activity carried out by the community, in which the documentation process is obtained through spatial knowledge of a community group based on the philosophy and basic principles of participatory mapping.

In this activity, the community was asked to indicate areas that frequently experience ground motion. After that, the activity continued with creating a simple Early Warning System (EWS) guided by Gentur Adi Tjahjono, S.Si. M.Pd and Lintang Ronggowulan, S.Pd, M.Pd. The workshop ended with the installation of EWS in areas that have a high risk of landslides as a result of Participatory Mapping (PM).

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