Vulnerability of society on earthquake disasters in kayangan north lombok

Abstract

The earthquake caused severe damage in North Lombok Regency. The impact of the earthquake was that there were many casualties and most of the residents’ houses suffered minor to severe damage and caused damage to public facilities available. Kayangan Subdistrict is one of five sub-districts located in North Lombok Regency and has the worst damage. This study aims to analyze the level of vulnerability of the community in Kayangan Subdistrict. The technique of collecting data is by observing, documenting, and interviewing relevant offices and stakeholders in Kayangan Subdistrict. Data analysis using qualitative descriptive. The results of this study show that the categories of household vulnerability in Kayangan Subdistrict can be divided into three groups, namely, among others: (1) Prosperous Groups, (2) Middle Groups, and (3) Poor Groups. Whereas when viewed from vulnerable age groups in Kayangan Subdistrict, the productive age group is more vulnerable when compared to the unproductive age group and the unproductive age group. The productive age group includes women and men aged between 15-64 years. In addition, if viewed from the socio-economic aspects this is very closely related to vulnerability analysis. When viewed from the socio-economic capital of the population in Kayangan Subdistrict, it has very good social and economic capital in meeting its needs after an earthquake. This greatly helps the community in fulfilling its life so that it can reduce socio-economic vulnerability in society. In addition, the role of the government in providing assistance in the form of earthquake resistant housing options also greatly helped the community in the recovery period following the earthquake.