Visitor's awareness of the tsunami evacuation plan in Pasar Raya Padang, Indonesia.

Kemal, BM and Yosritzal, Yosritzal and Purnawan, Purnawan and Putra, H Visitor's awareness of the tsunami evacuation plan in Pasar Raya Padang, Indonesia. IOP.

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Abstract

This paper presents an investigation into the visitors' awareness of the tsunami evacuation plan at Pasar raya Padang, a traditional market at the central business district of Padang City, Indonesia. This study has been motivated by the fact that Pasar raya Padang is the largest traditional market in West Sumatera and visited by many visitors from various origins. Pasar Raya Padang is chosen because it is located at a tsunami prone area, but local government managed to keep businessess in the area running and attract visitors. The awareness of the people in the market would be crucial to increase the possibility to safe their life during an evacuation. As much as 500 respondents were interviewed during daytime in the market. The study found that most of the visitors are not aware of the tsunami evacuation plan in the area. Local government is suggested to develop standard procedure for the evacuation, to place more sign and make it more visible for most of the visitors and do evacuation simulations periodically.

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