Local wisdom of coastal communities in mitigating earthquake disaster risk reduction

¹ Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Andalas University
² Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Andalas Universitasy
³ MSc International Relations, School of Sociology, Politics, And International Studies, Bristol University, The United Kingdom

^* Corresponding Author: putriwialdi@gmail.com

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe how the application of the mitigation of earthquakes for coastal communities by indigenous communities coast of Padang. This study uses interviews and literature. The reduction is one of the measures for reducing disaster risks through physical development as well as awareness and increase the capacity of communities to deal with the threat of disaster. Disaster management can be viewed from different angles, one of them with mitigation based on local wisdom (Local Wisdom) to reduce the risk of earthquakes. Mitigation models based on local knowledge are the study of disaster by using the approach of positivism, where the application can not be separated from social and cultural methods in facing disasters and use natural signs as an early warning system. West Sumatra is one of the provinces which are in an area prone to natural disasters earthquakes. Where several districts/cities in West Sumatra are located in the area will be exposed to the phenomenon of earthquake megathrust, one of Padang. Therefore, it needs improvement in disaster management in the face of disaster.