Community based post disaster housing reconstruction: Indonesian perspective

Ophiyandri, T; Amaratunga, RDG; Pathirage, CP

Abstract

Located at a juncture of four tectonic plate has made Indonesia highly prone to earthquake disasters.
The giant earthquake magnitude 9.1 Richter scale which triggered tsunami on 26 December 2004 in
Aceh and followed by Nias earthquake magnitude 8.6 Richter scale on 28 March 2005 have created
massive damage to infrastructure at these two neighbourhood area. The reconstruction dealt with the
construction of 120,000 new houses and rehabilitation of 85,000 damaged houses. This large scale
housing reconstruction programme has been realised to be the most challenging and problematic
activities during the disaster recovery phase. One procurement method that can be adopted on
housing reconstruction is the community based approach. In this method, community is not only
consulted as the beneficiaries, but has the power to control the construction phase.In this context, this
paper highlights the importance of community based approach on post disaster housing
reconstruction. It will present the trends of natural disasters in recent years, describe the rationale of
the needs of community based approach, outline the advantages and analyse the problem it faces. A
detailed literature review on Aceh and Nias in Indonesia reconstruction including literature on best
practices was carried out in order to achieve these objectives.It was found that a community based
approach could create better housing construction compare to contractor based approach in terms of
quality, accountability and beneficiaries satisfaction. This method also could build the social capital
of the survivors

Citation

Ophiyandri, T., Amaratunga, R., & Pathirage, C. Community based post disaster housing reconstruction: Indonesian perspective. Presented at CIB 2010, University of Salford

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: CIB 2010
• Conference Location: University of Salford
• End Date: May 13, 2010
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Sep 15, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Keywords: Disaster, earthquake, housing reconstruction, community base
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference