Priority for improving disaster resilience at the Higher Education Level: Awareness, integration, and Management

Abstract

Muhammadiyah University (Unismuh) Palu, one of the universities in Central Sulawesi, has potential resources to ensure the use of science and technology foundations in disaster management. In addition, increasing disaster resilience is a shared responsibility and requires the involvement of all parties, including the academic community, through systematic, massive, and structured activities. The research aims to analyze the priority of increasing disaster resilience at the Higher Education Level based on the role of internal stakeholders and the determinant aspects related to awareness, integration, and management. The study used a qualitative descriptive method to describe the history of earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction events in Central Sulawesi. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is used to determine the hierarchy of stakeholder priorities and aspects in increasing disaster resilience at Unismuh Palu through implementing the Four Pillars of Higher Education towards a Disaster Awareness Academic Community and a Disaster Preparedness Campus. The results show that disaster literacy is very important in efforts to increase disaster resilience at Unismuh Palu. The results show that disaster literacy is very important in efforts to increase disaster resilience at Unismuh Palu. Institutional leadership and awareness are a priority for the role of internal university stakeholders and the determining aspect that has the highest value. This is related to regulations and management that guarantee the implementation of disaster mitigation integrated with the Four Pillars of Higher Education activities to increase disaster resilience at Unismuh Palu.