For several years, disaster-related studies have always focused on disaster preparedness and risk reduction efforts. Researchers also attribute disasters more to the context of society, even though schools are one of the most vulnerable places to catastrophe. Many schools are located in disaster-prone areas, and children spend most of their time in school. This study aims to identify strategies to improve disaster adaptation capacity in schools. This study used a database from Sciencedirect, Springerlink, Taylor & Francis, and Emerald with the keywords “adaptation”, “disaster”, “children”, “strategy”, and “school”. There were 7,230 articles in total related to these keywords, and only 21 articles were selected. The remaining articles were unselected due to a less relevant stance to the topic of this study. Thematic analysis techniques were used in the process of analysing reports. The thematic analysis results show that there are five main strategies in improving di.....

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Many_ school_ students_ are_ victims_ of_ disasters,_ particularly_ the_ eruption_ of Mount_ Merapi. The vulnerability of students in facing disasters is further exacerbated by the_ amount_ of_ time_ they_ spend_ at_ school._ Therefore,_ this_ research_ aims_ to_ identify_ sustainability indicators for school adaptation to volcanic eruption disasters, evaluate_ the_ current_ level_ of_ school_ adaptation_ in_ coping_ with_ volcanic_ eruption_ disasters,_ examine the most significant sustainability indicators for school adaptation to volcanic_ eruption disasters and propose a sustainability strategy for school adaptation to volcanic_ eruption disasters. An explanatory sequential mixed-method approach was used as the_ methodology_ for_ this_ research. The_ study_ involved_ 364_ student_ respondents_ and_ 53_ teacher respondents for the quantitative process and 54 informants for the qualitative_ process. These respondents and informants were from three disaster-prone areas around_ Mount M.....

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