<![CDATA[Flooding is a recurrent hazard in rural Indonesia, yet village policy often favours visible infrastructure over adaptive risk management. This study compares adaptive environmental policy in flood-prone villages in Bengkulu and East Java to distinguish governance weaknesses that recur across settings from responses that depend on local context. A comparative case design combined adaptive policy analysis with participatory principles. Evidence was drawn from focus group discussions, field observation, and review of village and district policy documents. A twelve-indicator evaluation matrix examined institutional responsiveness, resource allocation flexibility, and flood risk governance. The comparison shows common weaknesses in annual budget rigidity, maintenance financing, policy learning, and the depth of community influence. East Java displayed stronger formal early-warning arrangements, cross-level coordination, and funding diversification, whereas Bengkulu showed stronger reliance on local ecological knowledge, agroforestry, and nature-based measures. These findings suggest that the institutional constraints shaping adaptation are partly shared, while the assets through which solutions can be implemented remain place-specific. Effective village flood policy therefore requires a common adaptive governance core combined with locally tailored institutional and ecological strategies.]]>
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