Abstract
Abstract . Dynamic environment in coastal area, especially due to coastal erosion process, has negative impact on human environment. Sayung coastal area, located in Central Java-Indonesia, has experienced severe impact of coastal erosion. As the result of the coastal erosion, hundreds of settlement located in coastal area has been destructed. Moreover, fishponds as the land use dominated in the coastal area also has been severely destroyed. Besides the coastal erosion, increasing of inundated area due to sea level rise also threaten the local community. Although devastating impact suffering the coastal area, the people of Tambaksari, as the part of Sayung area, decided to live and adapt with the coastal erosion. This paper aims to identify the coastal erosion and understand adaptation strategies held by the local community related to reduce the impact of the coastal erosion. Based on this research, various adaptation strategies has been identified, namely (1) Planting mangrove alongside the shoreline, (2) elevating the ground level, (3) building staged house, (4) utilizing deep well for freshwater supply, (5), maintaining social interaction with mainland community, (6) Collecting fish from the mangrove as the food, and (7) changing work into the tourism sector.
Highlights
Coastal area, as an intersection of the natural processes generated from the land and the sea, has very dynamic environment compared to the other locations in the world
This paper aims to identify the coastal erosion and understand adaptation strategies held by the local community related to reduce the impact of the coastal erosion
As summarized by Marfai et al (2008), Marfai et al (2011), Marfai (2011a), Mardiatno et al (2012), and Purnama et al (2012), various physical and geomorphological processes generated by the interaction of the land and the sea can be found, for example; tsunami, coastal inundation, river flooding, land subsidence, erosion and sedimentation, degradation of mangrove ecosystem, environmental pollution, and problem related to water resources
Summary
As an intersection of the natural processes generated from the land and the sea, has very dynamic environment compared to the other locations in the world. Natural process from the land, mainly driven by fluvial process, is produced as the result of water flowing from mountainous catchment area to the lowland delta (Marfai & Mardiatno 2010). Geomorphological processes occurred in coastal area, especially in the terms of erosion and sedimentation, are the most important factor to the shoreline changes. The process of continuous erosion and sedimentation become major driven factor of shoreline changes as one of the most dynamic process in coastal area (Bagli & Soille 2003, Sunarto 2004, Mills et al 2005)
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