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Fig. 5.6 1 - 3 Lambung Village. (1) Pre-tsunami condition (23 June 2004); (2) Destruction after the
tsunami (28 December 2004) and (3) Redevelopment (2 March 2011) (Source: Quickbird and
Worldview images (BAPPEDA Banda Aceh city))
completed, however, the value of the land increase gradually. In average, the price
of the land in Alue Deah Tengoh is cheaper than Lambung's; yet the successful
implementation of LC in Lambung made the new village layout with straight and
wide roads more attractive and increased the value of its land. The new layout can
be identifi ed from the satellite image of 2011 as shown in Figs. 5.6 1-3 and 5.2 .
Some 90 % of people in Lambung are native of the village. The others have
become members of the village through marriage, not merely by moving into it.
Most villagers are related to one another through family ties, fi tting the traditional
concept of kinship in Aceh known as “ kawom ”. Among other social traits, this fi lial
custom has always constituted the strength of community and formed strong social
ties among villagers (Mahdi 2007 ). Eight years after the disaster, the Government
and the local community have worked closely together to restore the village's main
facilities, such as its mosque, health center, and schools.
The village of Alue Deah Tengoh where the LC was not adopted and several
types of houses were built, had its the old layout with meandering narrow street and
poor accessibility kept (Fig. 5.7 4-6 ). However the community now faces great
challenges in order to upgrade and maintain utility services as well as planning
disaster evacuation.
Meuraxa sub-district lost over 50 % of its total vegetation cover as a whole and in
many villages the loss reached 100 %. After 8 years of reconstruction vegetation cover
in Lambung and Alue Deah Tengoh has regrowth. Percentages of tree coverage
towards area size reported by Agustina et al. ( 2012 ) were 27 % in Lambung and 5 %
in Alue Deah Tengoh. The percentage of tree coverage in Alue Deah Tengoh is smaller
because about 30 % of the village is water bodies, such as fi sh pond, river and lagoon.
5.3.3
Community Satisfaction on Housing Reconstruction
People living in Lambung and Alue Deah Tengoh villages expressed different level
of satisfaction with regards to their new housing. Based on our survey in Lambung,
about 83 % of house owners are satisfi ed with the house provided by MDF. In con-
trast, only 17 % responded that they were not satisfi ed essentially because of the
provision of relatively small kitchens and bathrooms.
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