Sustainable livelihood strategies: Comparative cases at the aftermath of landslide at Ponorogo and Bantul, Indonesia

This study discusses the sustainable livelihood strategies of landslide impacted two different regions, namely: Banaran Village-Ponorogo Regency and Wukirsari village-Bantul Regency. Banaran landslide caused 28 houses to be buried, 28 people died, and 40 families directly affected. Wukirsari landslide caused 18 houses damaged, 4 people died, 2 people were injured, 15 families fled to different areas. Banaran Village is an Agrarian Village in rural area, and Wukirsari Village is an Industrial Village in urban area. These different types of villages affected the capacity of local people to cope with disasters. This research employed a spatial temporal statistical method with livelihood component to be evaluated. There are several indicators such as meeting the needs of life and utilizing the social-family-government network observed in each household. The more diverse the activities that are owned, the higher the income, so to increase the capacity of directly affected populations requires a variety of activities as a form of livelihood strategy. Meanwhile, they show different livelihood strategy in disasters: the rural people depending on government and family assistance, while the urban people rely more on various source of income and family assistance to survive. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.