Resilience and Adaptation Strategies of the Makassar Coastal Community to Climate Change: Content Analysis of Local Maritime Narratives

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10.2991/978-2-38476-545-4_45How to use a DOI?

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Climate Change Adaptation; Coastal Resilience; Structural Vulnerability; Gap Analysis

Abstract

The global climate crisis creates double vulnerability for coastal communities, especially in Makassar, Indonesia, which historically has a strong maritime tradition. Based on the Socio-Ecological Resilience framework, this study aims to analyze the resilience and adaptation strategies of the coastal communities of Makassar by reviewing local maritime narratives (such as Pasompe’, Pinisi, and Pamali) and identifying the structural factors that undermine this wisdom. This qualitative study uses Content Analysis of local maritime narratives and Gap Analysis between cultural and formal adaptation. The results show that cultural values such as the spirit of Pasompe’ independence and Pamali ecological conservation serve as strong resilience capital. However, this capital is undermined by structural vulnerabilities including poverty (the toke-sawi system) and dualistic threats (local environmental degradation and global climate crisis). Gap analysis reveals that the government’s formal adaptation programs are centralistic and technocratic, failing to integrate with local cultural assets, resulting in policy disintegration. This study concludes that effective resilience requires accelerated structural policies that explicitly integrate local maritime values (e.g., formalizing Pamali into coastal regulations) to bridge the gap between the cultural strengths of communities and the structural need to invest in physical adaptation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sitti Rahmah Sari Mainuru
AU  - Jeanny Maria Fatimah
AU  - Indrayanti
AU  - Wine Prazelia
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/03/13
TI  - Resilience and Adaptation Strategies of the Makassar Coastal Community to Climate Change: Content Analysis of Local Maritime Narratives
BT  - Proceedings of the World Conference on Governance and Social Sciences 2025 (WCGSS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 669
EP  - 678
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-545-4_45
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-545-4_45
ID  - Mainuru2026
ER  -