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 69

Fig. 5.7 4 - 6 Alue Deah Tengoh Village. (4) Pre-tsunami condition (23 June 2004); (5) Destruction
after the tsunami (28 December 2004); (6) Redevelopment (2 March 2011) (Source: Quickbird and
Worldview images (BAPPEDA Banda Aceh city))

Table 5.3 Benefi ciaries comparative satisfaction percentage by provider and housing type in Alue
Deah Tengoh

Response of respondent (%)
Satisfy Provider House type Unsatisfi ed

Oxfam Permanent house 75 25

YBI Semi-permanent house 0 100

Caritas Permanent house 63 37

BRR Permanent house 63 37

In contradiction with Lambung, overall more house owners in Alue Deah Tengoh
village were discontent with their new living conditions provided by the donors
(Table 5.3 ). People who received semi-permanent houses by YBI shown to have the
highest unsatisfi ed percentage with the facilities of their houses.
The current situation is likely to be due to lack of uniformity in the housing as
provided by the donors. Moreover, about 33 % of permanent houses' benefi ciaries
are also not happy with their houses due to the characteristics of the fl oor, the
reduced size of their kitchen and the poor quality of wood materials.

5.4 Conclusions

The different approaches have resulted in different of houses and state of village
development with varied results. Lambung village successfully conducted LC and
resulted in a total change of village layout and the arrangement of its housing plots.
The latter could better accommodate urban utility services. While in Alue Deah
Tengoh where LC was not adopted and several types of houses, the village traditional
layout with meandering narrow streets and poor accessibility was left unchanged.
This lack of improvement hinders the maintenance and improvement of the village's
utility services and will certainly cause problems during evacuation process should
another tsunami take place. The downside of LC was the time it needed to be
completed amid the pressing need to build houses as fast as possible after disaster.