Measure of Disaster Recovery Index : A Leasson from Longitudinal Study Merapi

Merapi is one of 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia. Mount Merapi eruption repeats every 4 years. The 2010 was the biggest eruption in the last 100 years. The first eruption was on 26 October 2010 continue its peak on 4 November 2010 with about 386 people died, 2,856 houses damaged, thousands hectares of forest and farm business heavily damaged and tens of sub villages destroyed. The affected area located at four districts Magelang, Boyolali, Klaten and Sleman with 350,000 refugees. Total value of damage and losses are Rp 3.62 Trillions (USD 402 millions), in all sectors including housing, infrastructures, productive livelihood etc.
Policy maker see the need for measure to monitor and evaluate the progress rehabilitation and recontruction activities over time.For this reason the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) supported the conduct of a longitudinal Study of Merapi in 2012. This study aimed to periodically monitor performance and progress of Rehabilitation and Recontruction activities after Merapi Eruption 2010 in the high-risk area of Merapi and provide data and recomendation for development of goverment policy and rehabilitation and recontruction after disaster focusing on disaster risk reduction. The major expected outcome of this study is the measurement of Disaster Recovery Index.This paper present the