Post Disaster Social Vulnerability:Policy Analysis and Implementation in Communities in Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the policies and their implementation in post-disaster situations that cause social disaster in landslides affected communities in Sirnaresmi Village, Sukabumi, Indonesia. The landslide caused vulnerability in various aspects, primarily political, economic, and social. This study uses interviews and data mining from multiple parties and speakers. Researchers found that local government policies in planning their programs always consider the condition of the community that is still transitioning so that it makes the pattern of policymaking that comes from the top down. This has led to matters relating to policy formulation such as community participation, access to assistance, access to asset management, access to post-disaster training, also being patterned from the top down. The choice of the pattern makes the pattern of handling post-disaster social vulnerabilities also centralized to the government. On the other hand, it becomes a weakness for the government as well because the community is becoming increasingly dependent on the government so that post-disaster social vulnerabilities are increasing. Keyword: Disaster management, social vulnerability, society in transition