Research Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: January | Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 90-98
The Preparedness of Tunggak Community Dealing with Drought Disaster, Grobogan Regency
Diyah Saputri Ayu Sartikasari1, Puji Hardati2, Ananto Aji3
1Master Program Student of Geography Education,
2,3Depatement of Geography, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang City, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Diyah Saputri Ayu Sartikasari
ABSTRACT
Drought disaster is geosphere events that occur in a long period of time that giving impact of society in terms of social, economic and environmental aspects. Drought disaster that often occurs in the Village of Tunggak has made BPBD Grobogan Regency distributing clean water assistance in the last 6 years. Drought conditions require preparedness to respond to a situation of disaster preparedness precisely to minimize the impact of drought. This study goals to detect forecasts in the early months of the drought in station rain area of Toroh Sub-district and to determine the community's preparedness for dealing with drought in Tunggak Village, Grobogan Regency. Detect forecasts in the early months of the drought used data on rainfall monthly index calculated by method of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) in accordance with WMO (World Meteorological Organization) guidelines and analysis of preparedness index data referring to LIPI UNESCO/USDR, 2006. The results showed that in the early months of drought forecasts occurring in May with an SPI value of-2.10 which is included in the classification of Extreme Dry, so that when entering May, the community can prepare to face drought. Meanwhile, the preparedness of Tunggak community in facing drought disasters is classified as Less Ready based on knowledge indicators, emergency response plans and resource mobility. While the value of each indicator is 41.4% with the Less Ready classification for the knowledge indicator, 55% is classified as Nearly Ready for the emergency response plan indicator and 46.4% which is included in the Less Ready classification for the resource mobility indicator.
Keywords: SPI, Preparedness, Drought Disaster.
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