Fisherman’s Participation in Assessing Level of Sustainable Livelihood in Surabaya Coastal City , Indonesia

Abstract

Multidimensional poverty closely related to social, economy and environmental vulnerabilities remain happen in fisherman society, especially in Surabaya coastal city, in the middle of the magnificence of Surabaya city as the second biggest city in Indonesia as well as the center of industry, commercial and marine. A comprehensive approach is essentially required to identify the multidimensional poverty. Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) is an approach used to reduce poverty and fisherman vulnerability by emphasizing more on strategic sectors to support sustainable livelihood. SLA is closely related to participatory poverty assessment/ PPA method. This research aims to enhance Surabaya fishermen’s participation in assessing and understanding the influence of sustainable livelihood achievement. The data of this research were collected through deep interview with stakeholder, Focus Group Discussion and direct observation. The result of this research showed that the level of sustainable livelihood of fisherman society in Surabaya was imbalanced or unsustainable. It was described in asset pentagon diagram. People achieved 80% of physical assets like facilities and infrastructures, however, people’s ability in accessing sources or other sectors like social, human and natural/environmental as well as finance assets were only under 50%. Therefore, every policy of development directly linked to people in Surabaya city coastal, must be based on sustainable principals oriented to society through participatory approach.

Key words : Multidimensional poverty, fisherman society, sustainable livelihood approach (SLA), participatory poverty assessment (PPA).