Post-Disaster Behavior Change Study in West Sumatra Indonesia

Geoscience Australia Data provides a research chapter evaluating a 'Build Back Better' disaster risk reduction campaign following the 2009 West Sumatra earthquake. The work analyzes community knowledge, resistance to change, and motivations for adopting earthquake-safe construction techniques. It is part of a wider World Bank publication on emerging best practices in natural disaster risk assessment.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between disaster risk knowledge and actual adoption of earthquake-safe construction techniques among house owners.
• Evaluate the impact of a public awareness campaign using Indonesian celebrities and multi-media messages on community resistance to change.
• Study motivations for behavior change in disaster recovery to inform government and donor DRR program design.

Strengths

• Research is grounded in a real-world post-disaster program following the 2009 West Sumatra earthquake.
• Findings are part of a wider, authoritative World Bank publication on disaster risk assessment best practices.
• The evaluation explores a critical gap between knowledge and practice in disaster risk reduction.

Limitations

• The core data is presented as a narrative research chapter in PDF/DOCX formats, not as structured, quantitative data tables.
• Sample size, demographic breakdowns, and specific survey metrics from the underlying engineering survey are not provided.
• The temporal focus is on a specific 2009 event and its immediate aftermath, limiting contemporary applicability.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data, originating from the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR).

Collection Method

Research based on a post-disaster program evaluation and a unique engineering survey conducted after the 2009 earthquake.

Time Range

Following the 2009 West Sumatra earthquake.

Freshness

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Geography

West Sumatra, Indonesia.