CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION CASE STUDY: MERAPI VOLCANO, MAGELANG REGENCY

• Main Author: Salikha Dewi M H, Tiffany
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/65654
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Persons with disabilities are a vulnerable group in disasters with a high risk of death, injury, property, and economic loss. Factors that influence disability vulnerability in disasters are lack of disaster information and knowledge, lack of accessibility to disaster communication, information, and infrastructure, differences in disability needs according to the type and characteristics of disability, and lack of investment in inclusive DRR. Referring to CRPD and SFDRR, disability capability is an important capital for disability in efforts to increase DRR. The location of the study in this research is Mount Merapi, Magelang, Central Java. This research aims to formulate a strategy to increase the capability of people with disabilities to face disasters to increase their resilience. In the context of disability, capability is understood as the practical ability of those with the status of persons with disabilities. In this study, the data collection method used is by interviewing several resource persons from organizations of persons with disabilities according to the characteristics and types of disability, interviews with government agencies related to disability and disaster empowerment policies, and literature studies related to existing regional and local policies related to inclusive DRR. The analytical method used is descriptive qualitative analysis and policy gap analysis. The findings are divided into two, the first is identification of capabilities in coping with disaster and the second analysis are based on a gap analysis of existing policies and conditions, the results are the form of policy and strategy.