Rural Livelihood Resilience: An Assessment of Social, Economic, Environment, and Physical Dimensions

Rural coastal area in northern part of Sayung subdistrict is prone to tidal flood as effect of abrasion and sea level rise. This study looks at the condition of five villages that suffer the most tidal flood there and tries to measure the livelihood resilience of the people through household survey. Livelihood Resilience Index ( LRI) and Resilience Radar are adapted to calculate the score and level of livelihood resilience. Four dimensions (social dimension, economic dimension, environment dimension, and physical-infrastructure dimension) are used to express the livelihood resilience score of each study area. Sriwulan village has the highest score among the study areas and it has medium level of livelihood resilience while Timbulsloko village which has the lowest score becomes the only study area with low level livelihood resilience. However, this result in score and level categorization are only an attempt to describe the spectrum of livelihood resilience instead of intending to provide a set of classification. It hopefully can help to identify what can be started first in the work of building resilience of the people and community in tidal flood-prone areas.