Climate Change, Adaptation and Livelihood Resilience in the Context of Tourism Development

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10.2991/aer.k.210810.082How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Climate Change, Vulnerability, Coping Strategy, Adaptation, Resilience, Karimunjawa Islands

Abstract

QuillBot will write your text for you. Paste or write something here and then press the Paraphrase button. Climate change is marked by frequent occurrences of drought and huge waves, which affect agriculture and fisheries. These sectors are the major means of livelihood of the majority of households in Karimunjawa Islands. This article assesses the capacity of farmers and fishermen to adapt and resiliently manage the risks of climate change. A case study method is used here to collect information on how communities learn from past experience, knowledge and efforts, to enhance understanding for their continued existence/survival, adaptation or tenacity in the face of climate change. A number of key informants were interviewed thoroughly, chosen from purposeful and snowballing samples. Key informants were those who were regarded as people with knowledge ability about data and information appertaining to climate change in Karimunjawa, as individuals, heads or members of a household or a community. The results of research also show that intervention that aimed to build resilience of the farmers’ and fishermen’s households was directed towards increased household incomes, diversification of the means of livelihood and enhanced food security. Tourism development that involves the community contributes greatly to increasing household income and diversifying livelihoods.In order to step up resilience to climate change, there was variation among households in adopting a combination of the act of independent adaptation such as restraining the cost of living, modifying food consumption, and relying on social networks.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Budi Setiawan
AU  - Sugeng Eko Putro Widoyoko
AU  - Agus Budi Santoso
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/11
TI  - Climate Change, Adaptation and Livelihood Resilience in the Context of Tourism Development
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Borobudur International Symposium on Science and Technology (BIS-STE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 474
EP  - 481
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aer.k.210810.082
DO  - 10.2991/aer.k.210810.082
ID  - Setiawan2021
ER  -