Analysis of Willingness to Participate from the Coastal Communities in Waste Management (Case Study: Pulau Pari Village, Kepulauan Seribu District)

Abstract

Nowdays, marine debris becomes a major concern globally from many parties. Predicted source contributes to marine debris is settlement located at the coast. While facing several constraints, a municipal solid waste (MSW) management developed by community and local authority, especially taking consideration to keep a tourist attractive. Often, MSW management was applied without any consideration to the willingness of the community as a waste generator. The paper aims to find the willingness to participate related to MSW management from community at the coast with a case study of Pulau Pari Village of Kepulauan Seribu Regency. There were 6 criteria developed in the study namely: community habits, willingness to participate, community identification, environmental concern, social norms, and community perceptions, with the assessment to each subcriteria using likert scale 1-5 from 27 respondents. Subsequently, subcriterion of the participation related to MSW management were preferably chosen by respondent from each criterion. For example, from criterion of community habits the two subcriterion were dominantly chosen namely: pariticipate to provide waste storage (21%) and waste collection and directly sold by themselves (20%). Result of the willingness to participate could be used to determine a system or technology related to MSW management so that it may more sustained, especially to reduce the quantity of waste dumped to the sea.

Government Policy In Coastal Management And Small Island Muna Regency, Indonesia

“…Damage to the mangrove environment in coastal areas has caused physical and natural damage to the coast resulting in reduced coastal conveyor limits as a result of damaging the suitability of the waterfront area and the monetary resilience of the coastal front network [20,21]. Socially and ecologically the irregularity between the level of asset use in the waterfront area and the losses incurred by excessive fishing conditions, resulting in the beach being damaged and it is an issue of water level improvement [22,23].The coastal area of Muna Regency is a strategic area that is growing rapidly as a potential buffer area in economic development by utilizing the potential of existing coastal resources.…”