KESIAPSIAGAAN MASYARAKAT: PARADIGMA BARU PENGELOLAAN BENCANA ALAM
ABSTRACT: Indonesia lost
hundreds of thousands of its people lives due to tsunami and earthquakes. A
huge number of live lost reflects that the community preparedness was very low,
mainly due to their lack of knowledge and awareness about these natural hazards
and their negative impacts. The Indonesian government and its people used to be
focused their activities on emergency response, rehabilitation and
reconstruction phases. Community preparedness was not the priority in the
management of disaster. The Aceh giant disaster has become a momentum to change
the paradigm of disaster management by increasing community preparedness. As a
natural disaster risk hotspot, most of Indonesian people are in vulnerable
condition, leaving in high risk areas. Although having horrible experience of
earthquakes and tsunamis, the community in high risk areas in the District of
Padang Pariaman, Serang, Cilacap and Sikka, and the City of Bengkulu are still
not enough prepared in anticipating the natural disasters. Public education and
community preparedness therefore are crucially and urgently needed to reduce
the disaster risks.
Penulis: Deny Hidayat
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd080061
