Preparedness and community knowledge in mitigation landslide disasters in Dieng Kulon, Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java.

Abstract Landslide disasters are an important problem in mountainous areas including in Dieng. To reduce the impact of landslides, a disaster mitigation plan is needed that starts with the knowledge of the people living around Dieng, one of which is from community preparedness in Dieng Kulon Village, Banjarnegara Regency. The results of research on the aspects of knowledge and preparedness for landslides by the community which was carried out using a qualitative descriptive method of four parameters showed that the parameters of knowledge and attitudes, response plans, disaster warnings, and resource mobilization can be concluded that the level of community preparedness on the parameters of knowledge and attitudes is partly the community does not know as a whole regarding the potential for landslides, although the parameters and response to the community in the emergency response in Dieng Village are quite good, the parameters of the early warning system and the level of community preparedness on the parameters of mobilizing disaster resources in Dieng Village are still not good and not optimal because the potential impact of landslides is low and rarely causes casualties, so attention to preparedness for landslides is indeed not fully optimal. Based on these four categories, the community’s overall preparedness for landslides is not yet optimal and needs to be improved because controlling factors and triggering factors are factors that cause the movement of material in the Dieng area to have the potential to trigger landslides in the area.