GeoEco
Vol 8, No 1 (2022): GeoEco January 2022

PROFILE OF COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING AND LITERACY ABOUT DISASTER RISK MITIGATION: THE RESPONSES OF JAVA SOUTH COAST COMMUNITY AGAINST MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI PREDICTION

Iqbal Ainur Rizki (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Handoko Bintoro (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Khoirun Nisa' (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Prima Rahman (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Arie Realita (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Utama Alan Deta (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Dec 2021

Abstract

Widiyantoro et al., as Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) scientists, predict the worst possibility that in the south of Java Island, a megathrust earthquake with a maximum magnitude of up to 9.1 on the Richter scale and a tsunami of up to 20 meters. So understanding and literacy about mitigation of the megathrust earthquake and tsunami need to be improved so that the South Coast of Java Island (Pansela) community has prepared for these disasters. This study aims to analyze the understanding and literacy of the Pansela community of the earthquake and tsunami disaster against the predictions made by ITB scientists. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method with a total of 57 community respondents living in Pansela. The study results show that most communities believe in this prediction and have fewer mitigation efforts against this disaster. However, the respondents still did not know the specifics of the megathrust earthquake. They considered an earthquake in the south of Java Island related to the megathrust earthquake. Therefore, it is necessary to increase community understanding and literacy regarding mitigation efforts against megathrust earthquakes and tsunami.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

GeoEco

Publisher

Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences Education Environmental Science Social Sciences

Description

GeoEco is a journal covering all fields of education and science related to geography and the environment. The purpose of writing this journal are to reveal facts, problems and problem solving that can be used as input for Government, institutions, society and individual.The subject matter of the ...