The Readiness of villages in Surakarta City Toward the Disaster Resilient Village

Abstract

This study aims to assess the readiness of villages in the Surakarta city to be developed into disaster resilient villages. The research location was 14 villages which are prone to floods in Surakarta city. The research subjects were the government and the community, the research sample was taken purposively, each village was taken 2 government officials and 3 community leaders. Data collection using disaster resilient village preparedness questionnaire made by BNPB consists of 6 indicators which are described in 60 questions. The results showed that in Surakarta there were 2 intermediate disaster resilient villages, 4 primary disaster resilient villages and the remaining 8 villages were included in the non-resilient category. In general it can be said that the disaster resilient of villages of Surakarta city was still low.