The People Resilience of Gamber Village to the Sinabung Eruption in Karo North Sumatra

Gamber Village located at the foot slope of Mount Sinabung in the south east direction. Mount Sinabung is one of active volcano in Karo North Sumatra Indonesia that erupt in 2013 until now. It give impact to the society which live close to the Mount Sinabung, including in Gamber Village. The research objective are (1) to find out the physical characteristics of Gamber Village, (2) to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the Gamber Village community, (3) to analyze hazards of Sinabung Eruption in Gamber Village, and (4) to analyze the people resilience of Gamber Village to the Sinabung eruption. The method which used in this research was a qualitative method. The physical characteristics and hazards of Sinabung Eruption were analysed based on interpretation of Google Earth imagery and field survey. Moreover, the socioeconomic characteristics and the people resilience were assessed by interviews. Then, the research result were analyzed descriptively. The results of this research show that the physical characteristics of Gamber Village is located at the foot slope of Sinabung Volcano in the south east direction. This village covered by pyroclastic material after eruption in 2016. The socio-economic characteristics of Gamber Village is most people in Gamber Village work as farmer in farmland near their village. After eruption in 2016, some people were lose their farmland. The hazards of the eruption of Sinabung Volcano in Gamber Village are pyroclastic avalanches and flow of hot clouds. The resilience of people in Gamber Village increased from 2010, 2013 – 2016 and 2016 – now. The increasing of people resilience showed from the knowledge and education, risk assessment, and disaster preparedness and response.