Indigenous Knowledge of Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia

Abstract

Indigenous knowledge-based disaster risk reduction is expected to be a community preventive effort before a disaster occurs. This chapter aims to explore the indigenous knowledge of disaster risk reduction in Indonesia and analyze poten- tial fields that can be further developed. The bibliometrics approach was used to analyze Keywords from Scopus, which were then confirmed using expert inter- views. The result shows that the most widely used keywords are community-based disasters, local communities, traditional architecture, traditional building, traditional house, bamboo house, disaster knowledge, disaster e-learning, cultural traditions, and disaster mitigation literacy. Meanwhile, the topics suggested by the experts to be developed include digital folklore, disaster films based on indigenous knowledge, terraces, and traditional tools as an early warning system. This chapter unveils indige- nous knowledge that is taking roles in disaster risk reduction in Indonesia that has yet to be further developed for effectiveness. In addition, it shows the role of library and information sciences, especially bibliometric studies, in exploring indigenous knowledge for effective disaster management. The bibliometric approach can iden- tify potential indigenous knowledge to be developed in the future. The development of local wisdom needs to be followed by an increase in community response based on those local wisdom to reduce disaster risk. N.