1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
- To reduce vulnerability to flooding and climate change in marginalized communities by adopting location-specific nature-based solutions
- To restore natural waterways and ecosystems
- To adopt water-sensitive approaches which address issues related to water management and sanitation through community engagement
- To create green space for water cleansing and food cultivation
- To strengthen the connection of blue-green infrastructure elements
- To promote human well-being by developing better community health with fewer infections and water-related diseases
- To develop access to centralized urban infrastructure in the project area (1,2,3,4).
- To restore natural waterways and ecosystems
- To adopt water-sensitive approaches which address issues related to water management and sanitation through community engagement
- To create green space for water cleansing and food cultivation
- To strengthen the connection of blue-green infrastructure elements
- To promote human well-being by developing better community health with fewer infections and water-related diseases
- To develop access to centralized urban infrastructure in the project area (1,2,3,4).
Quantitative targets
- 6 settlements of around 1600 people to be provided with improved sanitation and water management solutions (first experimentation) (3,4,5).
Monitoring indicators defined
- increase in green areas
- improve in water quality
- access to urban infrastructure (1,2,3)
- improve in water quality
- access to urban infrastructure (1,2,3)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
The water-sensitive solutions implemented in this project included activities of wetland restoration, bio-filtration gardens, stormwater harvesting, filtration paths and new sanitation structures to improve wastewater management by rainwater harvesting through connections to the communal system and the development of other green spaces were implemented to improve the issues related to sanitation and water management (2,3,4,5). The project also involved the support of green areas for food cultivation (2).
The 1,400+ residents in the settlement in Makassar have continued to guide all the project work. Regular meetings with Community Engagement Councils were to keep residents informed of progress and also hear about their community’s changing needs and expectations of how to be involved in RISE. The Batua demonstration project was implemented using the full community co-design process as planned for the larger-scale intervention sites. The intensive co-design process took place in the Batua settlement in September 2017 and involved the entire community and government partners. (5)
Key activities with milestones included:
- Generation of appropriate water-sensitive design
- Development of capacity for operation and maintenance of water-sensitive infrastructure
- Generation of knowledge to inform the scaling up of the projects (6)
The 1,400+ residents in the settlement in Makassar have continued to guide all the project work. Regular meetings with Community Engagement Councils were to keep residents informed of progress and also hear about their community’s changing needs and expectations of how to be involved in RISE. The Batua demonstration project was implemented using the full community co-design process as planned for the larger-scale intervention sites. The intensive co-design process took place in the Batua settlement in September 2017 and involved the entire community and government partners. (5)
Key activities with milestones included:
- Generation of appropriate water-sensitive design
- Development of capacity for operation and maintenance of water-sensitive infrastructure
- Generation of knowledge to inform the scaling up of the projects (6)
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
RISE project employs innovative water and sanitation approaches using decentralized green infrastructure to treat contaminated and polluted water through bio-filtration biologically (the process of using beneficial bacteria to clean water on a molecular level to remove contaminants). (2,6)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
It is mentioned that this initiative is completely new for Indonesia. (2)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
The governance innovation is being replicated in Rukun Warga (RW), Rukun Tetangga (RT), Kecamatan and Kelurahan. (7) Furthermore, it was mentioned that: "The groundbreaking activity at the demonstration site is expected to be an example of RISE activities at the other settlement areas in Makassar and become learning material for other districts and cities in Indonesia to solve environmental health problems in informal settlements." (4) The project will be replicated in six additional informal settlements in Makassar, through a grant from UCCRTF. (8)
