Partnership in Building Community Resllience on Disaster in the Region of Coral Triangle, Indonesian Case

Abstract

Indonesia is located in the area what so called of ring of fires therefore the probability of coastal vulnerability is very high. By its location is facing possible disasters namely earth quake and tsunami, flood, hurricane and storm, climate change and sea level rise (SLR), and others. Since the coastal areas are mostly inhabited (145 million) and having the situation that coastal areas prone to the potential disasters therefore it is necessary to increase the capacity of the people who are living in the coastal areas. Capacity building to the people or to the community will reflect the ability of the people coping coastal hazards and disasters. This paper will explain how to build a Community Resilience1 in order to increase the ability to reduce risks or probability of risks on possible potential disasters.

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of [ the Department of Ocean Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember ]. Keywords: Tsunami, coastal vulnerability, climate change, community resilience