TY  - JOUR
T1  - Digital Media in Disaster Mitigation Related to the Eruption of Mount Merapi for
Elementary Students Living on the Slopes of Mount Merapi in the
Special Region of Yogyakarta
AU - , Sukamto AU - Asri Untari, Mei Fita AU - Prasetyawati Dyah, H. Dwi AU - Ardiyanto, Asep 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 22
SP  - 8446
EP  - 8451
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.8446.8451
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.8446.8451
KW  - Digital media
KW  -Mount Merapi
KW  -Gegana
KW  -mitigation disaster
KW  -casualties
KW  -elementary school
AB  - Merapi is one of at least 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia and part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire" which
is a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia.
The 2,914 m volcano which last erupted 12 years ago has shown heightened activity in recent days, spewing
dust from its crater and occasionally sending out streams of lava. Merapi’s last major eruption was in 1994 when
heat clouds killed more than 60 people and 6,000 others were forced to evacuate. It also, erupted in 1976, killing
28 people and leaving 1,176 people homeless. The purpose of this research is to develop digital media to be
used in disaster mitigation related to the eruption of Mount Merapi for elementary students living on the slopes
of Mount Merapi. Disaster mitigation is a series of efforts to reduce the risk of disaster, through physical
development, awareness and capacity building to deal with the threat of disaster. Disaster mitigation is an
activity that serves as an action to reduce the impact of a disaster or an effort undertaken to reduce the number
of victims when a disaster occurs including both casualties and property. The results of the initial needs
analysis show that there is a need for digital media in disaster mitigation to be used in early learning by
elementary school students.
ER  -