Disaster Management of Dempo Volcano Eruption, Pagar Alam City – Indonesia Based on Local Wisdom
Erna Juita1, Dedi Hermon2, Eri Barlian3, Indang Dewata4, Iswandi Umar5

1Erna Juita*, Department of doctoral program of environmental science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia.
2Dedi Hermon, Department of geography and doctoral program of environmental science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia.
3Eri Barlian, Department of doctoral program of environmental science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia.
4Indang Dewata, Department of doctoral program of environmental science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia.
5Iswandi Umar, Department of geography and doctoral program of environmental science, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia.
Manuscript received on May 03, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on May 13, 2020. | Manuscript published on May 30, 2020. | PP: 49-53 | Volume-4, Issue-9, May 2020. | Retrieval Number: I0861054920/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijmh.I0861.054920
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Abstract: This research aims to identify various forms of local wisdom in disaster mitigation in the Dempo volcano eruption and determine the level of community understanding of local wisdom in disaster management. This research uses the descriptive explanative method. The analysis used is a combination of qualitative and quantitative descriptive analysis. The results of this study have identified several forms of local wisdom in disaster management in communities in the Dempo volcano. Cultural semiotics in the form of community advice and teachings, and the call to prayer when there is potential for eruption. Faunal semiotics in the form of the behaviour of various types of animals, vegetal semiotics in the condition of natural plants and cultivation, and physical semiotics in the form of natural signs. Public knowledge of local wisdom and disaster management is generally still low.
Keywords: Dempo volcano, local wisdom, disaster, pagar alam.