Disaster Mitigation Model of Eruption Based on Local Wisdom in Indonesia

Abstract

Kelud is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia and suffered a major eruption in 2014. Although they are not part of the super volcano, the impact of the eruption is extraordinary. However, the eruption is not too worrying for the surrounding community. The lack of disaster victims caused by the eruption in 2014 became a successful representation of disaster mitigation models owned by local communities in answering the eruption problem. The easy evacuation process and quickly post-eruption rehabilitation illustrate a pattern of environmental adaptation around the volcano. This discussion focuses on how the people behavior around the volcano in responding to the challenge of eruption? How the role of local government in preparing the community in the face of an eruption, and what actions are done so that the rehabilitation process can take place quickly? To answer all these questions, the researchers collected relevant data through observation, documentation, and interviews with the local communities and local government representatives directly involved in disaster mitigation measures. In addition, the researchers also revealed local traditions that are considered capable of supporting the process of preparing the community in answering the eruption challenges and becoming part of disaster mitigation in the volcanic region.

Household recovery strategies in Longmen Mountain area, Sichuan, China, following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake disaster

“…Several studies have embraced bottom-up adaptation to save lives and property from various types of natural disasters. For instance, the local wisdom-based recovery model that has been applied followed a volcanic eruption and an earthquake in Indonesia (Hariyono and Liliasari 2018;Kusumasari and Alam 2012), the earthquake in Nepal (Daly et al 2017) and Pakistan (Leersum and Arora 2011), and the floods in Zimbabwe (Dube and Munsaka 2018). At present, little is known about the bottom-up recovery strategies of settlement reconstruction in the Wenchuan earthquake areas subject to ongoing mountain hazards.…”