Disaster Risk and Adaptation of Settlement along the River Brantas in the Context of Sustainable Development, Malang, Indonesia

Embong Brantas Area in Malang is one of vulnerable areas to flood. Objectives of the research were to analyze: 1) the disaster risk at Embong Brantas Area, in which vulnerability and hazard are variables of the research, 2) social adaptation that applies variables of land status, length of stay, education, income, numbers of the family member, type of buildings, and experience in disaster. Based on result of the analysis using GIS, it shows that 1.2 ha of Embong Brantas Area has high risk of flood, particularly in the next 100 years. Based on multiple regression analysis, status of land has affected 0.216 on adaptation of settlement by the community at the flood plains.