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Local wisdom was believed as a significant potency for some ethnics in Indonesia to sustain living inthe coastal areas. Bugis and Baja people were known as two ethnics among others who get used to livein the coastal areas, sailing across the ocean, and lived outside their traditional habitats. On the otherhand some coastal development policies, new introduced coastal activities, or natural hazards tend tochange the environmental conditions of their settlement. These could disturb the existence of theirsettlements in the coastal areas. Based on, private research on coastal settlement since 2002, this paperdescribed the role of tradition, adaptation, or transformation strategy of Bugis and Baja community tosurvive living in Jakarta, East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara islands and coastal settlements.Unsupported by information and awareness on new discoveries, improve interpretation on sustainableliving, and relevant government interventions, local wisdom could support them to survive but notsufficient to improve the coastal community resilience on coastal disaster and ensure the sustainability oftheir settlements in the coastal areas. |
