IMPROVING EVACUATION PLANNING BASED ON PEOPLE�S BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO VOLCANIC ERUPTION EVENTS A Case Study of Magelang Regency, Indon

• Main Authors: , DIDIK KRISTIA SOFIAN, , Prof. Dr. Junun Sartohadi, M.Sc.
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2012
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/98976/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=54939
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Magelang Regency is located at western slope of Merapi volcano. There are nineteen villages of Magelang regency situated in Merapi volcano hazard zone. The last eruption of Merapi volcano occurred in 2010. There were a lot of difficulties to evacuate people in hazardous zones. A large numbers of people living at the slope of Merapi refused to evacuate, and did not respond to scientific-based warning. As many as 277 people from Yogyakarta province and 109 people from Central Java province were killed. Many were affected by pyroclastic flows. The aim of the research is to improve the existing evacuation planning by analyzing people�s characteristics, people�s behavior in response to Merapi eruption, and factors influencing the affected people in response to volcanic eruption. The result of questionnaire survey reveals that evacuation response time of sixty-nine percent of respondent was less than 24 hours after evacuation order was received, and the others were more than 24 hours. Statistical analysis examines that the people who immediately evacuated less than 24 hours are:(1)People who perceive that Merapi eruptions are hazardous for their life