Coastal Area Disaster Mitigation in Kampung Laut Village, East Tanjung Jabung Regency, Jambi Province

Abstract

Disasters are events or series of events that cause damage, loss, suffering and threats to people's lives and livelihoods. Disasters that often occur in coastal areas are caused by coastal erosion and climate change. Mitigation efforts need to be carried out to avoid and minimize the impacts caused by disasters. The target audience for this community service activity is the fishing community of Kampung Laut Village, Kuala Jambi District, East Tanjung Jabung, Jambi Province. This community service activity is carried out using lecture and discussion methods. During the activity, participants were very enthusiastic about participating and discussing disaster mitigation in coastal areas. Some disaster mitigation strategies that can be implemented are: coastal spatial planning through development that pays attention to disaster risk areas, construction of protective infrastructure (rehabilitation of mangroves and coastal vegetation, construction of wave break walls), development of disaster early warning and information systems, integrated natural resource management , as well as holding training on how to deal with disasters and carry out effective evacuations