- Authors: Asis Wahyudi
- From: Graduate Student of Geography Department, State University of Malang
Abstract:
Most of earthquakes and tsunamis in Indonesia cause high casualties. The high casualties showed that the level of community preparedness for tsunami disasters is still low. Sidoasri Beach is one of v-shape beach and the dangerous beach for tsunami in Malang. This research aims to determine the level of community preparedness on tsunami and describing the relationship between level of education and age with the level of community preparedness on tsunami. Sample of respondents was determined by proportional sampling method which then respondents were selected by systematic random sampling method. Datas were collected through observation, questionnaires, and documentation. The results showed that the index of community preparedness for tsunami in zone I and II which respectively 44,08% and 55,79% with moderate preparedness category, while the index of community preparedness for tsunami in zone III is 66,04% with a high preparedness category. Test showed that the high education impacts on high level of preparedness index on tsunami, whereas the high age impacts on low preparedness index on tsunami. The highest preparedness level is owned by educated College/Academy students and aged between 35-39 years-old. The worse preparedness level is owned by elementary school-educated and aged ’55 years-old. Tsunami socialization is required to increase the tsunami disaster preparedness level of Sidoasri community, especially communities of zone I who is only elementary-school educated and aged ’55 years-old. The College/Academy community or aged between 35-39 years should have played an active role in giving an understanding to the public about the importance of high preparedness of the tsunami disaster.
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