Adaptation of Social-economic Livelihoods in Coastal Community: The Case of Mangunharjo Sub-District, Semarang City

Vulnerability represents an inequity relationship between the physical and non-physical threats which are openly accepted by community and their capability to overcome these threats. Vulnerability can be categorized into social, economic, and environmental. Social and economic vulnerability occurs when the population income continues to decline and there is a loss of interactions/relationships among population community. Moreover, the environmental vulnerability is caused by the depletion of natural resources and environmental degradation. These changes affects to the significant impacts to their livelihoods. These conditions occur in Mangunharjo sub-disctrict, Semarang. To address these vulnerabilities, community in these areas adapts and modifies their social and economic livelihoods. This paper aims to analyze the modification of social-economic activity. It is important to develop the social-economic resilience. The result shows that modification of social-economic activity, such as their livelihood systems and activities, their income and their social relationships. However, there some differences in the social and economic adaptation based on natural resource and non-natural resources to build resilience.