Knowledge and Attitude of Junior High School Students Towards Hydrometeorological Disaster Preparedness: A Case Study in Cirebon City, Province of West Java
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210326.118How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Hydrometerological disaster, Knowledge, Attitude, Junior high school
- Abstract
Indonesia is a country of geological conditions located on three active tectonic plates that are almost entirely vulnerable to natural disasters. One of the cities with a high risk of disaster is Cirebon city. An individual’s ability to cope with disasters is directly proportional to the level of preparedness in disaster risk. The purpose of the research is to analyse the knowledge and attitudes towards hydrometeorological disasters preparedness student of junior high school in Cirebon city. The method used in this study is a case study with a qualitative research approach from the study of 80 samples of students and structured interviews with descriptive analysis in Cirebon. The results showed that disasters can be influenced by natural and human factors, the ability to see disaster phenomena and countermeasures in every type of disaster around is good enough, internet media exerts a great influence on the source of disaster information, students knowledge of preparedness in the event of a disaster is almost entirely able to understand and analyze the potential disasters they will face. Education on disaster response should have started from the nearest neighborhood, namely families with government support through coordination with the relevant agencies.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Mega Indah Puspita Sari AU - Mohammad Abdul Khafid AU - Jumadi PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/28 TI - Knowledge and Attitude of Junior High School Students Towards Hydrometeorological Disaster Preparedness: A Case Study in Cirebon City, Province of West Java BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar on Science Education (ISSE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 817 EP - 823 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210326.118 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210326.118 ID - Sari2021 ER -