Design Criteria for Reclaimed Lowland Housing Site in Effort to Control Flood Runoff

Fulfillment of housing needs in Palembang results in lowland reclamation forresidential locations which cause flood runoff. This flood runoff shows that thereare specific criteria in designing the reclaimed lowland housing sites. The purposeof this paper is to find criteria in designing the drainage networks and housing sitefor controlling flood runoff. This paper explored the morphology and topographyof the site of lowland housing. The research was conducted qualitatively byelaborating the structure of the area, zoning, drainage and topography on the fivereclaimed lowland housing areas in Palembang. Qualitative descriptive analysiswas carried out by using super-imposed of contour and morphological maps. Theresult shows that the developers did not respond the topography in designing thehousing sites. The study concludes that in order to control flood runoff,topography is the main criterion in planning drainage networks and designing thehousing site. Topography determines the direction of natural runoff water flow sothat damage caused by runoff flooding can be avoided