Open AccessSustainable river management: Land use, building coverage, and infrastructure typology of the riverbanks
Author(s) -
Erma Fitria Rini,
Paramita Rahayu,
Gobi Krishna Sinniah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012052
Subject(s) - wastewater , environmental science , water resource management , environmental planning , typology , drainage , surface water , water quality , clean water , river pollution , channel (broadcasting) , pollution , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , geography , waste management , engineering , archaeology , ecology , electrical engineering , geotechnical engineering , biology
Surakarta City is intersected by three major rivers which could become the city’s source of clean water. However, pollution of the rivers makes processing this surface water a necessity to create clean water for domestic uses. This study aims to establish a river typology based on the riverbank characteristics and the potential of the surface water to be discharge into clean water. This paper uses spatial analysis to develop typologies and describe the riverbanks characteristics by using the Pepe River in Surakarta as a case study. This is one of the polluted major rivers that flow through Surakarta City. The study found that the Pepe’s riverbanks are dominated by residential and commercial areas. Due to the lack of waste infrastructure, the community (household and small-scale industries) disposes its untreated wastewater directly into the drainage channel. With regard to this problem, five river typologies were established to function as the basis of recommendations to improve the water quality of the river so that it can be used as an urban clean water source. The result shows that all typologies major problems are the lack of wastewater management. The study proposes interventions in waste management, wastewater treatment system, and land use control.