Tsunami-Resilient Preparedness Index (TRPI) as a Key Step for Effective Disaster Reduction Intervention (original) (raw)

2018

Abstract

Recent efforts in disaster risk reduction focused on risk and vulnerability assessment rather than the capacity of community analysis based on cultural and social-psychology aspects. This study provides a new framework and approach for creating a culture of tsunami-resilient preparedness assessment/index (TRPI) to support decisionmakers and community in evaluating and preparing action to respond to the potential impact of a tsunami disaster. This research study involved households living in the tsunami-prone areas in Banda Aceh (n = 305) and Bantul Yogyakarta (n = 173), Indonesia, and Kushimoto, Japan (n = 117). To develop the TRPI, theoretical and practical references were used as the first draft of preparedness indicators consisting of 35 aspects of preparedness. Twenty-one disaster experts were asked to judge the content relevancy and urgency before tested to 33 residents. Three dimensions of tsunami preparedness covering TEWS, Emergency Plan, and Capacity consisting social level...

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