BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ALALAK

SELATAN TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO FIRE AND

ENHANCE INCLUSIVE CITIZENSHIP
Alalak Selatan is a community in the North Banjarmasin district, Banjarmasin City, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Alalak Selatan was
the second smallest neighborhood in Banjarmasin, which is an area where newcomers from various different regions within Indonesia settled
once arriving in Banjarmasin. The density in this neighborhood is high, and often causes fire.

According to South Kalimantan’s medium-term provincial development planning document for 2016-2021: Banjarmasin was identified as
having the highest risk of fire-related disasters in the province. In 2014, 92 out of 409 fire incidents in South Kalimantan occurred in
Banjarmasin. The local government has already identified Benjamasin as a highly vulnerable location to fire disasters.

OBJECTIVE RESEARCH IMPACT PATHWAYS

Increase local adaptive capacity and build collective practice for
1 resilience to fires to mitigate the impact of fire risks.
Understand the relations/gaps between Determine the key stakeholders involved in the
1 implementation of KampungTangguh policy
and implications for responses to fire risks in
2 governance of a ‘resilient city’ linked to
responses to fire risks across city to community
Alalak Selatan. levels.

Inform, influence and improve local implementation of Understand issues of vulnerability and injustice Document local and diverse practices of
2 KampungTangguh policy to recognise and include localised and
diverse practices of resilience in the governance of a ‘resilient city’.
3 that are producing and reproducing fire risks in
Alalak Selatan.
4 resilience to fire risks on a community level.

Reduce issues of injustice faced by different vulnerable groups Understand how individuals experience fire Enable a space of constructive dialogue and

3 within the community of Alalak Selatan and secure broader

inclusive citizenship rights.
5 risks differently and how this affects their
adaptive capacity.
6 negotiation between the community and key
stakeholders.

Increase the capacity of different groups within the community to exercise agency and identify with others
4 Identify mechanisms and strategies for building alternative
pathways to transform a ‘resilient city’ to build back better.
7 by providing a space for them to express their experiences of fire risk.

SUB-QUESTION RESEARCH FRAMEWORK

DISTRICT/CITY

1. What are the issues of vulnerability and injustice Transformability ‘to build back better’
affecting informal settlements in Banjarmasin? - Recognition
- Fairness
2. What fire risks in Alalak Selatan are
produced/reproduced by issues of vulnerability and
injustice?

3. How do current resilience policies recognise and

COMMUNITY/HOUSEHOLD

include localised/diverse practices of resilience?

4. To what extent do current resilience policies reduce

issues of vulnerability and injustice to strengthen
transformability (‘build back better’)?

5. What are the relations/gap between resilience

policies/implementation and other spaces of
responses to risk (community/NGO)?

6. What are the different localised/diverse practices

Adaptive capacity to change as
of resilience on community level? practices of resilience
INDIVIDUAL

- Capacitiy to exercise agency and self-

7. How do individuals/communities experience risk determination
differently and how does this affect their adaptive
- Capacity to identify with others and act
capacity?
with them in their claims
 METHODOLOGY DATA COLLECTION
1. Divide community
participants into groups
based on gender age or
different living areas.
1. Analyze the policy.
2. Transect walk: walk and
talk in the community to
2. Collect data from understand community
national and NGO conditions and take some
statistic website. photos to analyze the
spatial use conditions and
3. Stakeholder infrastructure of the
engagement. community. Talk with
community residents
individually and get a
general understanding of
the basic situation of the
community.
Policy and
Planning
Individual
3. Participatory
photography: understand
the community`s everyday
practices and how they
cope with the fires at
individual and household
level and identify the
impact of fire risk on
different social groups
especially to identify
groups that are most
vulnerable to fire hazardz.
RESEARCH TIMELINE
Week 1 Week 2
Stage 1 Stage 2
Check our research
proposal with the
community and do the
Analyze Kampung
ethical presentation to
Tangguh & gather the community and
Step 1
data and build continue complete the
stakeholder map by
stakeholder map
talking to people who
based on the data we
are the actor in the
collect. context of building
resilience. Build the
relation with community
& the religious leader &
the mayor.
Interview government Divide participants
staff and existing into different groups,
Mobilize participants, (2)
Step 2 NGOs that already especially including
have partnership with vulnerable groups into
the action.
the community
Preparation Individual
1. Interview relevant local
government official to
understand the
1. Participatory risk implementation situation
mapping: let community of the policy
participants produce local
knowledge to understand 2. Invite local government
and analyze the impact of official to participate in
fire on the community community consultation
2. Semi-structure interview
based on participatory risk
mapping
City/District
Household and
Community
3. Community consultation:
provide a space for different
groups to express their
experiences and demands
and build a negotiation
bridge for community
residents, government
officials and NGOs
Week 3 Week 4
Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Participatory risk
mapping: (1) Select
Transect walk and local analysts, (2)
collaborate with Kota Provide introductions
Kita to provide for participatory risk
participants with mappung, (3) Produce a
training on skill of Risk Map, (4) Analyze
participatory action. and discussion Analyze the data
(including semi- obtained from
structured interviews).
participating actions.
Hold community
Participatory consultations and invite
photography: (1) all stakeholders to
participate, including
government officials,
Invite participants to
interviewees,
improve and modify community
stakeholder maps (3) representatives,
Practice participation community leaders,
skills. participants in activities,
relevant NGOs, etc
Community District and City Summary