<![CDATA[Floods repeatedly disrupt local livelihoods in Tapanuli Selatan, particularly among small and household-based enterprises that operate with limited productive assets, working capital, and market access. This conceptual paper proposes a disaster-adaptive livelihood recovery model that shifts post-flood enterprise support from short-term relief toward capability-based economic resilience. The purpose of the paper is to conceptualize how flood-affected small enterprises may recover through the integration of vulnerability diagnosis, business capacity restoration, social-network adaptation, and institutionalized resilience. The paper is developed from a research proposal using a mixed-methods and design-based research orientation. The planned quantitative component will involve 120 small enterprise owners to map business damage, vulnerability, and recovery needs, while 30 selected enterprises will be involved in limited model validation. Qualitative data are planned through interviews, focus group discussions, and document analysis involving enterprise owners, community figures, local government representatives, and stakeholders. The conceptual findings suggest that post-flood livelihood recovery should not be understood only as asset replacement, but as a process of restoring productive capacity, reconnecting markets, strengthening trust-based networks, improving adaptive capability, and embedding recovery mechanisms into local governance. The proposed four-stage model consists of vulnerability diagnosis, business capacity recovery, network-based adaptation, and institutionalization of resilience. This paper contributes to disaster recovery and small enterprise management literature by positioning enterprises as active actors in local economic recovery.]]>
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