Local resilience towards overcoming floods of local climate change for adaptation: A study of marunda community in north jakarta

Abstract

Sea level rise due the climate change has emerged the coastal flood phenomena in North Jakarta. Coastal flood gives a negative impact on the environment and socio-economic life of the Marunda community, forcing the communities to be locally adapted towards the disaster. Community Local adaptation defined as an effort to reduce the risk of flooding based on their behavioral and cultural actions. The purpose of this study was to identify the community local adaptation strategies in confronting the coastal flooding based on the socio-economic and environmental perspectives in Marunda, North Jakarta, Indonesia. This study uses a narrative review analysis from in-depth interviews, observations, and literature studies. Data analysis includes the stage of action diagnosis and action evaluation. Based on the results, the local adaptation strategy in Marunda community are classified into three phases, namely at the step before, after, and during a flood. These three stages contain elements of physical and social adaptation derived from the ability of the community to remember experiences, learning from experience, and sharing experiences with individuals and other groups. These three abilities help the community to take adaptation actions so that the Marunda community becomes resilient to coastal flood.