Identification of Adaptation Activities That Have Been Conducted
61 their current job fishermen. The decision to move must be decided together with all
family members. As for the possibility to change the type of work permanently, the fishermen claim it is difficult unwilling because it is related to their skills.
However, if the government provided training to develop their skills, they would be willing to join the training. The form of assistance expected by the residents in
coastal areas is housing and capital, capital to start a new business or new skills.
Female residents are willing to be relocated, to change their livelihood, and to join training programs and community empowerment. The trainings expected are
trainings on farming, sewing and fishery product processing. However, it is still based on their husbands’ approval.
Non-coastal Areas
In areas experiencing drought like Batu Putuk sub district, disaster is considered something normal, so they do not consider being resettled to other areas. They feel
reluctant because they are concerned about the availability of jobs. However, if the disaster is severe and forces them to relocate, they expect the government to provide
housing and new jobs. Besides that, they expect to be given skills to survive.
Women admitted willing to join training programs and community empowerment. Training expected is training on how to produce emping. They also expect to be
given equipment to make emping. This is especially interesting for young mothers, while the elderly are not because they feel that job is too difficult for them.
In areas where flood often happens like in Pasir Gintung, the flood is often caused by overflowing river water. Therefore, the expected activity to prevent the flood is
dredging of river filled with market waste. For that residents need to be given awareness on healthy living habits, like not throwing garbage in the river, by way of
healthy living campaigns. Another activity that the residents expect is environmental control, for example, zone regulation or safe boundaries between settlements and
rivers.
In conditions where there are no other options, the residents of Pasar Gintung are willing to relocate, provided that the new areas are more decent than their current
settlement. Residents are willing if there is training to improve their skills, such as salted egg production training, or mobile phone services, provided that the
management is well run.