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CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMMUNITY PERCEPTION: THE CASE STUDY IN MIANG ISLAND VILLAGE, EAST KUTAI Onyhanda Fatma Sariasih; Muhammad Arifin
Progress In Social Development Vol. 7 No. 1 (2026): January 2026
Publisher : Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30872/psd.v7i1.172

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The phenomenon of climate change currently occurring not only impacts the environment but also affects human life, especially vulnerable groups whose livelihoods depend on natural resources and environmental conditions, one of which is the maritime community whose life depends on the sea and weather conditions. This study aims to elucidate the complexity of perceptions regarding climate change and environmental degradation from the perspective of the Miang Island community, whose livelihoods depend on the sea, and to analyze the relationship between the community and its environment. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with a phenomenological type and employs the New Environmental Paradigm theory to understand the relationship between the two. The research results show that community perceptions are formed due to the interaction between the community and the environment, creating an experience that indicates the occurrence of climate change phenomena and forming a traditional knowledge base for the community, assuming that these phenomena refer to the transitional seasons and environmental degradation. Based on that traditional knowledge, the community undertakes adaptation and mitigation efforts that are both physical and socio-cultural, ranging from the tradition of tolak bala to the formation of youth communities aimed at preserving the natural environment on Miang Island. This encourages decision-making that leads to ecological and economic sustainability, prompting the community to be more conservative in their interactions with the environment for the sake of future environmental sustainability. The results of this study can be used by the government as a basis for formulating climate change mitigation policies for island communities.
River Cosmology, Social Capital, and Digital Memory: Social Development Strategies of The Riparian Community in Urbanizing Pontianak, West Kalimantan Annisa Dwi Lestari; Muhammad Maulana; Muhammad Arifin; Putri Rahmah Nur Hakim
Progress In Social Development Vol. 7 No. 2 (2026): July 2026
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30872/psd.v7i2.205

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Riparian communities frequently hold social development assets that are underacknowledged in official policy despite experiencing growing urbanization pressures. These assets are rooted in ecological knowledge, communal solidarity, and cultural practices shaped by long interaction with river environments. This article examines how the Orang Sungai (River People) as Riparian Community in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, sustain community resilience through river cosmology, water-based livelihoods, and digital mnemonic practices. Using a qualitative interpretive approach based on secondary narrative analysis, documentary reading, and contextual digital traces, the article analyzes how river-related meanings, livelihood ethics, and mediated memories support communal life in an urban setting. The analysis argues that river cosmology provides a moral basis for social norms and ecological responsibility. Water-based livelihood practices are converted into economic resilience and social capital within the urban informal economy. Digital mnemonic practices help dispersed community members transmit ecological knowledge and cultural identity across generations. Together, these mechanisms form a bottom-up social development system that operates without formal institutional support. The article also identifies how state empowerment programs may weaken existing community assets through time poverty, elite capture, and participation fatigue. This article contributes to wider debates on riverine communities, local knowledge, social welfare, and participatory development under urban change in the Global South.