Community Disaster Awareness: Lesson Learned from Karo and Banjarnegara

Rohani Budi Prihatin, Husnul Khitam

2018

Abstract

Geographical location, archipelagic region, tectonic formation, large population, and tropical climate condition have put Indonesia as the highest disaster risks area of tropical geo-hazards. How Indonesia deals with natural disasters is a crucial issue nowadays not only for the government but also for academia. This paper provides the experiences of community disaster awareness processes from two case studies on volcanic eruptions in Karo, North Sumatera and landslides in Banjarnegara, Central Java. By conducting in-depth interviews and field observations, this study found that the strategies used in managing natural disasters in Indonesia are still reactive. Although most people live and seek life in the midst of high-risk areas of natural disasters, they are not adequately prepared for disasters, no well-established tradition in facing imminent disasters. This is a characteristic of people with a fatalistic view including those who were the victims of natural disasters. The majority of disaster victims are not afraid to return to their original residence that once was a disaster area. This lack of awareness influenced by the perspective of most people in assessing natural disasters. People tend to accept what nature provides and see natural disasters as an inevitable destiny.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Prihatin R. and Khitam H. (2018). Community Disaster Awareness: Lesson Learned from Karo and Banjarnegara.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 411-417. DOI: 10.5220/0009934604110417

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Rohani Budi Prihatin and Husnul Khitam},
title={Community Disaster Awareness: Lesson Learned from Karo and Banjarnegara},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={411-417},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009934604110417},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Community Disaster Awareness: Lesson Learned from Karo and Banjarnegara
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Prihatin R.
AU - Khitam H.
PY - 2018
SP - 411
EP - 417
DO - 10.5220/0009934604110417