Abstract
The earthquake, liquefaction, and tsunami disaster that occurred on September 28, 2018, in Palu City had multidimensional impacts on the lives of the community, not only in the form of physical damage but also serious disruptions to social structures and the economic continuity of survivors. One of the main post-disaster government policies is the settlement relocation program for communities living in Disaster-Prone Zones (ZRB), including the Dupa Indah community in Layana Indah Subdistrict. This study aims to analyze the conflicts that arise in the post-disaster settlement relocation process, particularly the factors driving community resistance to this policy. This research uses a qualitative approach with data collection techniques through in-depth interviews, observation, and document studies, involving the Dupa Indah community and the Palu City Government as units of analysis. The research results indicate that the rejection of relocation is influenced by interconnected economic and social factors, particularly the attachment between residents' living locations and their livelihood activities, limited access to business-supporting infrastructure, and perceptions of policy injustice due to differences in treatment between residential areas and commercial property zones that are at relatively the same risk. These findings suggest that relocation policies oriented toward structural mitigation without considering the socio-economic sustainability of communities have the potential to trigger vertical conflicts between the government and affected communities. Therefore, a more participatory, contextual, and socially equitable relocation approach is needed to ensure that post-disaster recovery programs can be implemented sustainably and be accepted by the community.