Modangan Village is one of the volcanic prone areas of Kelud Volcano, which is located in disaster-prone region I (KRB/Kawasan Rawan Bencana I) and disaster-prone region II (KRB/Kawasan Rawan Bencana II). There are several primary volcanic hazards in this region, such as pyroclastic flow, volcanic gases, lava flow, and the volcanic lake. The purpose of this research are (1) to analyze the capacity of the community (2) to identify the relationship between gender, occupation, age, and education with the capacity level of community, and (3) to identify the coping strategies of community in term of facing the volcanic hazards. The method used in this research was a survey research with purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using questionnaires, in-depth interviews, observations, and documentations. This research was applied weighting overlay analysis, ordinal logistic regression, and descriptive analysis of community local knowledge. The result showed that the level of community capacity in Modangan Village can be divided into two classes, i.e., high and medium capacity levels. Karanganyar Timur and Bulu Subvillage have high capacity level (18.4 and 18.3), while Modangan and Karanganyar Barat Subvillage have medium capacity level (17.2 and 16.4). Base on the logistic ordinal regression analysis there are four main factors that affect the level of community capacity in Modangan Village, with the significance level of 5%. This statistical model also provided 0.558 of Negelkerke coefficient. The value indicates that gender, occupation, age, and education highly contribute (55.8%) to the local community capacity. Furthermore, based on the descriptive analysis, Modangan Village applies four types of coping strategies, such as economic, technological, cultural, and socio-cultural.

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