Indonesia is an archipelagic countries that consist of 17,508 islands extending 5,150 kilometers (3,200 miles) east to west, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans in Southeast Asia. Indonesians are separated by seas and clustered on islands. The largest cluster is on Java Island, with some 130 million inhabitants (60 percent of the country’s population). Surabaya is the second biggest metropolitan cities in Indonesia which is located in Java Island that has 53,653 kilometers of coastline. Surabaya is also known as coastal city since it has 24 coastal villages that are managed by the Surabaya city government.
Surabaya geographical condition made the inhabitants prone to the climate change disaster. Potential disaster threats which are identified are flooding that occur as the consequences of the sea level rise and the high tidal wave. The tidal flood will bring not only environmental impact but also economic and social impact for the coastal communities.
Study found that tidal flooding that happen in Surabaya in January until February 2010 period has tremendous impact to the Surabaya inhabitants livelihood since it has stopped the business activities around the coast including stopped the loading and unloading activities in the port. Beside of that, some of the people live in the most affected area such as Asemrowo and Krembangan districts also has to lose their belongings. Since the tremendous impact of flood for Surabaya residents, therefore there is a significant need to reduce the risk and mitigate the impact of disaster.
Rigorous study of demographic and socio-economic trends in the range of coastal communities in Surabaya would allow appropriate actions plan that could be taken to meet the Sustainable Development Goals especially in term of health and wellbeing objectives especially for the Surabaya city government.Thus, aim of this research is to identify psychological wellbeing of the coastal communities in Surabaya.
This research finding suggest that the vast majority of coastal communities in this study have a high psychological wellbeing. In addition, the result of the study also concludes that there are differences in level of psychological wellbeing based on age group and socioeconomic status.
Author: Listyati Setyo Palupi
Details of the article can be viewed at: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/649/1/012033
