The Household Dynamism of a Community to Survive the Landscape Changes: The Case Study of Kampung Laut Community in Segara Anakan, Cilacap, Indonesia

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to understand the social dynamics of households in a particular community in surviving environmental changes caused by sedimentation process. The data is generated through qualitative research, with the data collected through interviews and participant observation. The findings of this study that household as the smallest social unit after the individual self has the flexibility to adapt to the perceived change. The massive sedimentation process in Segara Anakan region has produced responses in social networks and social dynamics among the households of the community in the social security system based on the livelihoods. The social net-works that exist among them have become the basis of the emergence of the community resiliencee for Segara Anakan community to be able to survive from time to time. The cconclusions is that households can eventually become the basis of social power from time to time as a community strives to rise from various pressures and change, and that the households as the basis of the community resilience can be an entry point for the establishment of community empowerment programs.