Lessons Learned from Two Villages in the Tsunami Most Affected Area of Banda Aceh City; A Review of the Housing Reconstruction and the Current State of Village Development - Post-Tsunami Hazard: Reconstruction and Restoration - page 58

Chapter 5
Lessons Learned from Two Villages
in the Tsunami Most Affected Area of Banda
Aceh City; A Review of the Housing
Reconstruction and the Current State
of Village Development
Muzailin Affan , Shunichi Koshimura , Fumihiko Imamura , Hizir Sofyan ,
Sylvia Agustina , Nizamuddin , and Nur Fadli
Abstract This paper discusses two approaches to post-disaster housing reconstruction
in Banda Aceh, the Indonesian area that was the most affected by the Indian Ocean
Tsunami in 2004. The two villages discussed in this study are Alue Deah Tengoh
and Lambung, both located in Meuraxa sub-district. The village of Alue Deah
Tengoh represents the common approach to post-disaster reconstruction within in
Aceh with the construction of housing carried out by several external benefactors. It
is referred to as the donor driven approach. In contrast, the reconstruction of the
village of Lambung was based on its community's involvement. Contrasting these
two approaches, this study analyzes time series satellite images, housing and other
reconstruction archives. It also conducted site evaluation and depth interview with
their leaders in order to evaluate the conditions of each village prior to tsunami as
well as its current state of development. Our aim is to unravel the process of housing
reconstruction in these respective locations village. Drawing from this analysis, our
results evaluate these two distinct approaches to housing reconstruction in post-
disaster Aceh. On the one hand, it reveals that the community-based approach