KAJIAN BENTUK MITIGASI BENCANA LONGSOR DAN TINGKAT PENERIMAANNYA OLEH MASYARAKAT LOKAL

Landslide in Tawangmangu Sub-district in 2007 resulted in dozens of houses were damaged and dozens loss of lives. Government with other stakeholders undertakes mitigation measures to landslides to prevent similar incidents in the future. To obtain maximum results, landslide mitigation efforts should be done by involving the local community. This study aims to determine the forms of landslide mitigation and the level of acceptance by the local community. The study was conducted using a survey method approach,with random sampling techniques. Total respondents 93 spread proportionally in five hamlets comprise Plalar,Guyon, Sodong, Salere and Ngledoksari. Data were collected by interview and questionnaire method.The results showed that government with other stakeholders conductedseveral landslide mitigation programs thatcan be grouped into two, namely structural mitigation and non-structural mitigation. In general, the level of local people acceptance to landslide mitigation programs categorized in the medium categorywith percentage 38%,followed by low category with 33% respondents and high category with 29% respondents.Factors affecting the level of public acceptance of landslide mitigation program are age, gender and experience to landslide.