Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Water-Based Settlement and the Loss of Community Water Resilience
View through CrossRef
After the first dam was built in the Chao Phraya River during the 1950s, several water-controlled structures and megaprojects were built throughout the basin. For the first 30 years, water levels were stable, and the dams largely provided flood prevention. However, in recent years, global warming and climate change have been driving the frequency and intensity of extreme events. Local people have gradually lost their resilience against living with water during the years of a stable flood and flow system. This caused the interiority of the amphibious culture to drown into an oblivion state in the water-based settlement. The investigation was conducted in two villages with identical environmental conditions and similar cultural livelihoods in the floodplain of Ayutthaya Province against seasonal water intrusion. The physical characteristics of housing and cultural landscape of the waterfront villages were analysed via floor plans and cross-sectional study to explain the physical changes through time. The primary investigation revealed that the loss of the underneath space is an important indicator of housing changes resulting from the water conditions becoming more stable. Individuals have started to forget how to live with water. At the same time, the characteristics of the stilt house with an underneath space indicated that the communities continue to practice resilience to co-exist with the flood phenomenon.
Universitas Indonesia, Directorate of Research and Public Service
Title: Water-Based Settlement and the Loss of Community Water Resilience
Description:
After the first dam was built in the Chao Phraya River during the 1950s, several water-controlled structures and megaprojects were built throughout the basin.
For the first 30 years, water levels were stable, and the dams largely provided flood prevention.
However, in recent years, global warming and climate change have been driving the frequency and intensity of extreme events.
Local people have gradually lost their resilience against living with water during the years of a stable flood and flow system.
This caused the interiority of the amphibious culture to drown into an oblivion state in the water-based settlement.
The investigation was conducted in two villages with identical environmental conditions and similar cultural livelihoods in the floodplain of Ayutthaya Province against seasonal water intrusion.
The physical characteristics of housing and cultural landscape of the waterfront villages were analysed via floor plans and cross-sectional study to explain the physical changes through time.
The primary investigation revealed that the loss of the underneath space is an important indicator of housing changes resulting from the water conditions becoming more stable.
Individuals have started to forget how to live with water.
At the same time, the characteristics of the stilt house with an underneath space indicated that the communities continue to practice resilience to co-exist with the flood phenomenon.
Related Results
Comparison of modelled seismic loss against historical damage information
Comparison of modelled seismic loss against historical damage information
<p>The increasing loss of human life and property due to earthquakes in past years have increased the demand for seismic risk analysis for people to be better prepare...
Role of Environmental Determinants in Community Resilience in Flood: A Systematic Review
Role of Environmental Determinants in Community Resilience in Flood: A Systematic Review
Background: The role of environmental determinants in the community's resilience in flood, as a predominant hydrological disaster, has not been investigated.
Objectives: This syst...
The ARtS Community Without Community
The ARtS Community Without Community
This article is about teaching art-based inquiry and equity pedagogy. The author introduces an aesthetic-inspired afterschool curriculum in the urban context in the United States a...
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink: The false promise of virtual water
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink: The false promise of virtual water
The concept of “virtual water,” which represents the volume of water needed to produce a particular quantity of agricultural commodity, has become popular among international water...
Effects of Sea Ice Ridge Characteristics on Under-Ice Reflection Loss
Effects of Sea Ice Ridge Characteristics on Under-Ice Reflection Loss
A set of coincident measurements of low-frequency under-ice transmission loss and sea-ice ridge characteristics were made in the Arctic Ocean using airborne acoustic and environmen...
“I’m a Strong Independent Black Woman”: The Strong Black Woman Schema and Mental Health in College-Aged Black Women
“I’m a Strong Independent Black Woman”: The Strong Black Woman Schema and Mental Health in College-Aged Black Women
The Strong Black Woman Schema (SBWS) is a cultural expectation for Black women to unfailingly display signs of strength and caretaker qualities, while suppressing their emotions. A...
Water for Bongo: Creative Adaptation, Resilience & Dar es Salaam's Water Supply
Water for Bongo: Creative Adaptation, Resilience & Dar es Salaam's Water Supply
Abstract
Global climate change poses a serious threat to the water supplies of the world's cities. This is perhaps no truer than for Dar es Salaam, the largest city ...
Community music as music education: on the educational potential of community music
Community music as music education: on the educational potential of community music
This article deals with the educational potential of community music. First, the author introduces the concept of community music and discusses its special position in today's soci...