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(2018) Phenomenology in adaptation planning, Dordrecht, Springer.
This chapter presents the context where interplay between the floods and the poor takes place. It is an analytical description of the nexus of the urban poor and the floods that are perceived as a major problem in urban development both globally and locally. Limited assets, the lack of access to resources and powers, and the low economic profile make the poor vulnerable. However, many of the poor continue to live in the floodplain. Their perceptions of the stresses and shock caused by flooding could explain their adaptation. Here, I apply lifeworld analysis to investigate the construction of the Kampung Muara Baru (KMB) people's perceptions of floods. It continues by discussing flood-related vulnerability based on the perception of the KMB people. I then use this construction to discuss the concept of flood-related vulnerability and to identify "the vulnerable" and "the adapters."
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5496-9_4
Full citation:
Simarmata, H. (2018). Flood experiences: "the vulnerable" and "the adapter", in Phenomenology in adaptation planning, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 65-104.
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