Community Social Adaptation Strategy to Face Earthquake with Tsunami Potential Disaster Hazard in Red Zone Area

Abstract

The study of earthquake and tsunami threats state that the number of their occurrence probability and their impact risk which is come up are four from a scale of five in West Sumatera. This research is important to do because the magnitudes of the probability and impact that are caused by them, hence the aims of this research to obtain the information about: (1) People perceptions and knowledge toward earthquake with tsunami potential threats in Ketaping Village, (2) People social adaptation strategies against earthquake with tsunami potential threats, (3) The values of local wisdom that affect people social adaptations. The research is conducted by using qualitative method with phenomenological approach since it analyses about individual perception and knowledge in facing earthquake with tsunami potential. The results of this study reveals that people aware their rea is prone from earthquake with tsunami potential, nevertheless they have not had well strategy adaptation in dealing with it. People just rely their previous experiences in facing the disasters which were occurred in Ketaping Village and other areas. In conclusion, the research information would contribute to attempt the disaster risk reduction in Indonesia, mainly in Ketaping Village.