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 67

Table 5.2 Comparative profi le between Alue deah Tengoh and Lambung villages. Pre and post
tsunami situation
Description Alue Deah Tengoh Lambung

Location from the coast line 700 m 800 m

Village surface area 60 Ha 52 Ha

Public infrastructure Mosque, schools, Escape building,

health clinic

Mosque, schools, Escape
building, health center

Population before tsunami 1,492 1,780

Occupation Fishermen, civil servant, traders,

businessmen, policeman, teachers,
etc.

Fishermen, civil servant,
traders, businessmen,
teachers, etc.

Population after tsunami Jan
2005

410 440

Population as of Dec 2012 1,161 592

Current Population
composition

1,161 people with mix of native
and new comers

592 people with 90 % are
native inhabitants

Damage by tsunami 2004 Totally damage, 100 % building

damaged

Totally damage, 100 %
building damaged

Number of houses constructed 409 297

Housing provider Oxfam, YBI, Caritas, BRR MDF

Type of houses Mix permanent and

semi-permanent

Permanent

Housing reconstruction
approach

Donor-driven Community-driven

Applying land consolidation
prior housing reconstruction

Without Land Consolidation With land consolidation

Degree of satisfaction Permanent (67 % satisfy, 33 %

unsatisfi ed)

82 % satisfy

Semi-permanent (100 %
unsatisfi ed)

18 % unsatisfi ed

Village layout and road
condition

Old village layout with some
narrow and winding road

New village layout with
straight and wide road

Although they both share similarities in term of distance from the coastline, surface
area, initial population, occupation, basic infrastructure while equal damage caused
by the tsunami, 8 years after tsunami various changes and development have been
observed in these two villages as seen in Table 5.2 .
Its important to note that none of the two villages have regained its initial popula-
tion and that housing located closer to downtown area was less affected by the
tsunami attracting a higher number of returnees.
Based on fi eld survey and interview with village leaders and both native and new
comers, it was found that the population of Alue Deah Tengoh increased more rap-
idly than Lambung's. The new inhabitants of Alue Deah Tengoh are not originally
from the area but new comers who either rent the newly built houses or bought lands
and properties (JICA 2012 ). The price of land and properties was signifi cantly
reduced after the disaster due to people's fear in living within an area prone to tsu-