The Characteristics and Poverty Level of People in Sukolilo Fisherman Village Surabaya Based on Sustainable Livelihood Approach

Abstract

The reality of social, economic, and ecological problems in coastal area and even poverty of fishermen community have not been resolved to date. In Surabaya, one of big cities in Indonesia, these problems occur around Sukolilo Fisherman Village. Therefore, a more comprehensive approach is needed to solve this multidimensional poverty problem. In this case, sustainable livelihood is considered as an effective and relevant approach to reduce poverty since it defines and describes poverty with the perspective of poverty itself. Livelihood is said to be sustainable when it can be integrated to reduce shocks, stress, and risks, as well as maintain and develop assets owned with no risks and threats to the environment in its utilization. This research aims to comprehensively identify and assess poverty level of the people in Sukolilo Fisherman Village through sustainable livelihood approach. Descriptive statistics analysis and content analysis were employed in this research. The results show that the people in Sukolilo Fisherman Village have not been able to achieve sustainable livelihood. Most fishermen are only able to have limited access to the assets of sustainable livelihood. From the pentagon access chart, it can be seen that: (1) human asset in SLA (Sustainable Livelihood Access) level of 65%, (2) social asset is around 20%, (3) natural/environmental asset is 50%, (4) infrastructure asset is 60%, and (5) financial asset is 30%. From the analysis result of SLA, the highest asset is in human asset while social asset is the lowest. However, this condition is very alarming.

Keywords: poverty, sustainable, livelihood, fisherman village