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[HDS07-P05] A study on the interrelation between evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation: The case of Sumatra Institute of Technology students
Keywords:natural disasters, disaster prevention, Indonesia
Cities throughout the world always have faced the risk of natural disasters. While such occurrences are not recent, they have taken on greater significance in the face of escalating urbanization. Urban areas are composed of complex, interconnected networks of vital services; thus, they are susceptible to a range of issues that exacerbate the risk of disaster. For instance, expanding urban populations, heightened population densities, and sprawling settlements in hazardous zones are risk factors for widespread destruction.
This research focuses specifically on Indonesia, as the country is frequently beset by natural disasters and lacks adequately developed evacuation sites. In this study, the aim was to investigate the potential of current spaces during natural disasters and the association between evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation.
From July 5 to 7, 2022, an online survey was administered to Sumatra Institute of Technology students, yielding 109 valid responses. The questionnaire was designed to gather information on past experiences with natural disasters, evacuation timing, evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation (multiple options), evacuation methods, et cetera. To examine the relationship between evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation, cross-tabulations and chi-square tests were carried out using SPSS Statistics version 29.
The results indicated that during natural disasters, “vacant spaces” were the most commonly chosen evacuation site (49 respondents), followed by “sports fields” (43 respondents), “mosques” (39 respondents), and “streets” (38 respondents). The most common reasons for choosing an evacuation site were “close to home” (78 respondents), followed by “open space, no buildings or walls” (51 respondents), “there is no danger of falling objects” (44 respondents), and “place to get information” (23 respondents). The analysis of the interrelation between evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation revealed the following three points: 1) “mosques” and “schools” were sought after as sources of provisions and information; 2) “schools”, “parking lots”, “streets”, and “garden in a home” were favored for their familiarity; 3) large sites, such as “rice or vegetable fields”, “parks”, “vacant space”, and “sports fields” were selected because of the protection they offered from secondary disasters.
This research focuses specifically on Indonesia, as the country is frequently beset by natural disasters and lacks adequately developed evacuation sites. In this study, the aim was to investigate the potential of current spaces during natural disasters and the association between evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation.
From July 5 to 7, 2022, an online survey was administered to Sumatra Institute of Technology students, yielding 109 valid responses. The questionnaire was designed to gather information on past experiences with natural disasters, evacuation timing, evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation (multiple options), evacuation methods, et cetera. To examine the relationship between evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation, cross-tabulations and chi-square tests were carried out using SPSS Statistics version 29.
The results indicated that during natural disasters, “vacant spaces” were the most commonly chosen evacuation site (49 respondents), followed by “sports fields” (43 respondents), “mosques” (39 respondents), and “streets” (38 respondents). The most common reasons for choosing an evacuation site were “close to home” (78 respondents), followed by “open space, no buildings or walls” (51 respondents), “there is no danger of falling objects” (44 respondents), and “place to get information” (23 respondents). The analysis of the interrelation between evacuation sites and reasons for evacuation revealed the following three points: 1) “mosques” and “schools” were sought after as sources of provisions and information; 2) “schools”, “parking lots”, “streets”, and “garden in a home” were favored for their familiarity; 3) large sites, such as “rice or vegetable fields”, “parks”, “vacant space”, and “sports fields” were selected because of the protection they offered from secondary disasters.