Building a resilient community towards earthquake hazard : a case study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia | |
| Author | Tresnowati, Yudith Mariaran |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.DM-12-01 |
| Subject(s) | Disasters--Indonesia Earthquakes--Indonesia |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Disaster Preparedness Mitigation and Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development & School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. DM-12-01 |
| Abstract | Building resilient community is recognized as the main contributor to create less susceptible environment that is prone to ce11ain disasters and in this case is earthquake. People cannot avoid earthquake but they are capable of strengthening their capacity to cope with this hazard by having basic knowledge of it. Sorogenen I sub village is a sub village that has high tendency and vulnerable to earthquake due to its geographical location. The communities experienced massive earthquake in 2006 but received less impacts compared to the other area in Y ogyakaiia and Central Java. Due to this reason thus they received less intervention from external parties. This study tried to find out Sorogenen I sub village capacity to cope with earthquake using quantitative research through questionnaire and qualitative research through in-depth interview. The result showed that Sorogenen I sub village people have medium to high understanding on earthquake hazard. They have sufficient knowledge which should be maintained. This strong point helps community to minimize loss, casualties and fatalities if they have to face future disasters. Education, gender, age and occupation ai·e four important things from community in building its resiliency. Their availability is necessary because they offer essential contribution to make people have capacity and capability to cope with the eai1hquake. Last but not least, a commitment between local authorities in this case is sub village leader and community to build resiliency are needed to make the desired program running smoothly. Moreover, policymakers are also challenged to implement this simple idea in some earthquake prone areas in Indonesia so that they can build more resilient communities which can withstand with earthquake. |
| Year | 2012 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. DM-12-01 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) + School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Routray, Jayant K. ;Soparth Pongquan; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Korean Government Scholarship ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |