The role of disaster knowledge in the preparedness of students in West Bandung Regency

Abstract

Landslides in West Bandung Regency have an increasing incidence every year. One of the causes of landslides is the relatively high rainfall which facilitates weathering of rocks and soil. To anticipate and minimize the impacts that occur, the transformation of knowledge about disasters is a sufficient preventive step to increase community preparedness in facing disasters. The purpose of this study was to identify students’ knowledge about disaster preparedness. The method used in this research is a survey with a quantitative approach. Data were obtained from 192 students through tests and questionnaires. The results of this study indicate that there is a positive and significant influence on the ability of knowledge at levels C2 (understanding), C3 (implementing), and C4 (analyzing) on landslide disaster preparedness, while knowledge levels C1 (remembering), C5 (evaluating), and C6 (creating) there is no significant effect on landslide disaster preparedness. The recommendation in this study is that there needs to be an increase in developing instruments for learning outcomes that are more proportional at each level of knowledge, not only limited to knowledge at C1 and C2 levels, especially in disaster mitigation materials to improve preparedness for landslides.