Sustainable Urban and Settlement Management in Dinar Indah Housing, Semarang City through Environmental Management

Abstract

The increase in population growth in Semarang City causes limited land needs so housing developers carry out development in the suburbs, one of which occurs in Dinar Indah Housing, Semarang City with the highest population growth rate of 7% years and an increase in space requirements in the East of Semarang City by 20-30% years. This housing is a government program in 2006 which is intended for low-income people according to the Regulation of the Minister of Public Housing of the Republic of Indonesia Number 10 of 2012 does not include the obligation to make environmental management documents and the location of housing which is right on the edge of Pengkol Sub-watershed (Babon sub-watershed) causing morphological housing to be on the contour of the basin land with a slope of 3-4% around Pengkol Sub-watershed area, so that in 2017, 2020, 2021, and 2023 there were floods due to overflowing water from the Pengkol Sub-watershed causing property damage and casualties. The absence of environmental management documents has a considerable impact such as a decrease in environmental quality and can threaten the sustainability of human life and other living things. This research aims at the importance of implementing environmental policies as environmental control. The results show that the implementation of policies by the Semarang City government by carrying out mandatory environmental management efforts following business licensing and flood control efforts can reduce environmental degradation that occurs in Dinar Indah Housing, Semarang City.