Local Institution: A Form of Socio-Ecological Adaptation in Landslide-Prone Areas (A Case of Landslide-Prone Community in Sukaraksa Village, Bogor Regency, West Java Province).

Abstract

Landslides have damaged the cultivated land, settlements, and other infrastructures. Such damages have led the people to make adaptation as a survival strategy. The objective of this study are to describe and analyze: (1) the reality of landslides, (2) the people perceptions of both environment and their ability as well as self-confidence (3) the shapes of socio-ecological adaptation landslide-prone, and (4) the local institutions of landslides areas. The location of this study in Sirnagalih Kampong, Sukaraksa Village, Bogor Regency, West Java. The study used a combination of two techniques of data collection: a quantitative technique to measure perception, and a qualitative technique to explore the reality of landslides, the forms of socio-ecological adaptation and the local institutions of landslide communities. The result of this study reveals that the reality of landslides-prones have changed the people perceptions about environment, and pushed the shapes of socio-ecological adaptation. Further, the shape of adaptation is followed by the norms to manage and use the natural resources. Besides, the shapes of adaptation affect the availability of local institutions in landslide-prones communities.