Children's Perception of Threat within Their Spaces of Activities, Case study: Merapi Volcano Area, Indonesia

Abstract

この研究の狙いは、リスクコミュ二ケーションの際の子供達の要求を調査する第竏瀦烽ﾆして、彼らに接近し、声を聞いてやることである。この論文はメラピ山 に最も近い3つの小学校で行われた3つのデータ集積方法による分析について触れている。子供達の活動空間において彼らが脅威と認識しているのは火山災害に関するものだけではなく、交通事故や動物から来る危害等他の脅威もある。火山災害の認識に関しては類似する場所に住んでいる子供達の間で独特パターンが見つけられている。発見に基づいて、筆者は調査地域内におけるリスクコミュニケーションの活性化のための提案をいくつが挙げておく.

In many cases, children are considered as one of the most vulnerable group of age in disasters. However, policies related to disaster management often ignore children's voices. This study aims to approach and listen to children in order to understand their world and perception as the initial step to investigate their risk communication needs. A field survey was carried out in three closest schools to Merapi (n = 94) in August 2008. It is found that children's perception of threat within their activity area consist not only those related to volcanic hazards, but also other threats, such as traffic accident and animal threats. As for the perception of volcanic threats, there is a significant pattern found among children who live within a similar feature of location. Based on the findings, the authors propose some recommendations for risk communication enhancement in the study area.