STUDI ADAPTASI MASYARAKAT PESISIR TERHADAP PERUBAHAN IKLIM MELALUI DIVERSIFIKASI MATA PENCAHARIAN (STUDI KASUS: DESA KARANGSONG, KABUPATEN INDRAMAYU)

• Main Author: Desiyana Maurischa, Saghita
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/46929
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Climate change adaptation is the ability of a society or natural systems to respond to changes in life-supporting conditions, including extreme weather. Climate change adaptation requires adaptative capacity and strategies so that people can respond to the pressure to achieve sustainable livelihoods. However, most previous studies have focused more on identifying the adaptation capacity which is used for predicting and selecting appropriate adaptive strategies against climate change. In fact, choosing and determining an adaptation strategy is complex issue, because of the socioeconomic dynamics of the community. Therefore, this paper aims to asses community adaptive capacity through the adaptation strategy that these communities used, i.e., diversified livelihoods, based on empirical evidence on the conditions of coastal communities. Indramayu Regency is one of the regencies in Indonesia that are most affected by climate change, including Karangsong Village. The coastal community of Karangsong Village has diversified their livelihoods in the fisheries sector as net weavers and in the non-fisheries sector through trade. The research aims to identify the adaptive capacity of coastal communities to climate change through livelihood diversification in Karangsong Village. The adaptive capacity of coastal communities will be viewed from the adaptation process based on adaptation typologies, which is assessed from the form, agent/dimension, purpose, and timing of adaptation. The factors that influence the adaptation process are human capital, financial capital, and other capitals (e.g., social capital and infrastructure capital), and the impact of adaptation through livelihood diversification on the economic conditions of coastal communities. This research uses a descriptive approach with a mixed-methods, i.e., quantitative and qualitative. The study uncovered that the community in the Karangsong Village has the adaptive capacity to deal with its vulnerabilities through a strategy of livelihood diversification. This is evident from the adaptation process, from the factors that stimulate adaptation, as well as the increase in income due to the diversification of livelihoods.