Socio-Spatial Relation in Small Island (Case Study: Karanrang Island, South Sulawesi, Indonesia)

This paper focuses on examining the role of religion in improving the work ethic of fishing communities in Takalar Regency. The approach used in this research is the Socio-theological Approach (Social monotheism). The social theological approach is a method or method used to link the sociological level of religious or divine society in order to analyze and reveal data on the reality under study. The data acquisition technique is to use data collection methods in the form of observation, interviews and documentation. The results of this study indicate that religion (Islam) plays a role in building work ethic. Poverty can make a person disbelieve in his Lord. Islam teaches its adherents to share with those who are entitled in terms of the theological concept of zakat as poverty alleviation and as a means of realizing social welfare. Islam does not close the space for its adherents to achieve economic prosperity. The framework of monotheism in Islamic teachings has outlined social involvement for its followers to always care and help others.

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Integrated Coastal Management Dynamic Models: A Case Study of Development Seaweed Cultivation in the Waters Luwu and Palopo Regency Bone Bay, South Sulawesi

Journal of Marine Science ◽

10.30564/jmsr.v1i2.990 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Walu Yo ◽

Yonvit Ner ◽

Etty Riani ◽

Dan Taslim Arifin

Keyword(s):

Ecological Footprint ◽

Dynamic Models ◽

Ecological Status ◽

Scenario Simulation ◽

Seaweed Cultivation ◽

Entire Area ◽

Availability Analysis ◽

South Sulawesi ◽

Seaweed Culture

Waters carrying capacity in seaweed of Eucheuma cottonii cultures should be a concernforoptimum seaweed culture. Carryingcapacity can determine by Ecological Footprint (EF) analysis, which in this research usefootprint production, and mas balance nitrate analysis. This research on Mei 2015 (1sttransitionalseason) and September 2015 (2ndtransitionalseason) in Luwu and Palopo, South Sulawesi. Map and land use analyzed with geographic information systems (GIS).The results showed that theEcological Footprint production (EFP)in Luwu waters is 67,88 ton/capita/year, or equivalent to 235.823,93 tons/year.Based on the analysis of the availability of water for seaweed is 38.374,69 hectares, it can produce seaweed (biocapacity) for 922.928,96 tons/year and the number of farmers that allows for use the waters is 13.595 capita. The Ecological Footprint production (EFp) in Palopo waters is 3,08 ton/capita/year, or equivalent to 4.589,99 tons/year. Water availability analysis is 979,82 hectares are able to produce seaweed (biocapacity) for10.115,34 ton/year and the number of farmers that allows for use the waters is 3.276 capita. Based on the four scenario simulation management results of the development seaweed cultivation Eucheumacottonii in Luwu and PalopoRegency is based on the present waste input, pressing inputs of waste into the waters of 10%, 25% and 50% yield different waters biocapacity. The results comparison between biocapacity and Ecological Footprint, ecological status for Luwu and Palopo waters are still in sustainable use.Based on those simulation results showed that in second scenario by pressing the waste input by 10% from the existing waste input, as well as assuming the availability of water utilizing the entire area of 38.374,69 hectares continuously (on the years scale of 2008-2030), it will produce the highest biocapacity waters in the amount of 8.257.274,94 tons/year. So with the management of seaweed in Palopo with second scenario, assuming the availability of water utilizing the entire area of 979,82 hectares will produce the highest waters biocapacity of 14.306,92 tons/year.

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Law, land, development and narrative: a case-study from the South Pacific

International Journal of Law in Context ◽

10.1017/s1744552309990279 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sue Farran

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Land Development ◽

Primary Source ◽

South Pacific ◽

Land Rights ◽

Small Island ◽

The South ◽

Indigenous Land Rights ◽

Indigenous Land

This article explores a primary source of legal studies, case-law, as a form of narrative in the context of indigenous land rights, and considers how this narrative negotiates pre-colonial land claims in a post-colonial context. Its case-study is the South Pacific island country of Vanuatu, a small-island, least-developed, nation-state, where laws introduced under Anglo–French colonial administration are still retained and sit uneasily alongside the customary forms of land tenure which govern ninety percent of all land in the islands. The article looks at the traditional and changing role of narrative presented as evidence by claimants and their witnesses against a context of rapid social and economic change, and asks whether the metamorphosis of narrative signals the future survival or imminent demise of customary indigenous land rights and what that might mean for these island people faced by the pressures of development.

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Assessing OpenStreetMap Completeness for Management of Natural Disaster by Means of Remote Sensing: A Case Study of Three Small Island States

10.20944/preprints201911.0361.v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Ran Goldblatt ◽

Nicholas Jones ◽

Jenny Mannix

Keyword(s):

Natural Disasters ◽

Critical Infrastructure ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Remotely Sensed ◽

Current Data ◽

Small Island ◽

Island States ◽

Management Actions ◽

Small Island States

Over the last few decades, many countries, especially Caribbean island ones, have been challenged by the devastating consequences of natural disasters, which pose a significant threat to human health and safety. Timely information related to the distribution of vulnerable population and critical infrastructure are key for an effective disaster relief. OpenStreetMap (OSM) has repeatedly been shown to be highly suitable for disaster mapping and management. However, large portions of the world, including countries exposed to natural disasters, remain unmapped. In this study, we propose a methodology that relies on remotely sensed measurements (e.g. VIIRS, Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1) and derived classification schemes (e.g. forest and built-up land cover) to predict the completeness of OSM building footprints in three small island states (Haiti, Dominica and St. Lucia). We find that the combinatorial effects of these predictors explain up to 94% of the variation of the completeness of OSM building footprints. Our study extends the existing literature by demonstrating how remotely sensed measurements could be leveraged to evaluate the completeness of OSM database, especially in countries at high risk of natural disasters. Identifying areas that lack coverage of OSM features could help prioritize mapping efforts, especially in areas vulnerable to natural hazards and where current data gaps pose an obstacle to timely and evidence-based disaster risk management actions.

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Socio-Economic Aspects of Mangrove Degradation in an Urban Setting

Examining International Land Use Policies, Changes, and Conflicts - Advances in Public Policy and Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4372-6.ch014 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 272-290

Author(s):

Eberhard Heinrich Weber

Keyword(s):

Informal Settlement ◽

Urban Setting ◽

Small Island ◽

Urban Migration ◽

Mangrove Forests ◽

Major Question ◽

Urban Settlements ◽

Fast Pace ◽

Urban Places

In Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), the degradation of mangroves advances at a fast pace, especially in urban places. Rural to urban migration let urban settlements grow tremendously in the past 60 years. People built many informal settlements straight into mangrove forests. Health implications are severe, but settlements in mangrove forests provide protection against eviction. The case study provides insight into people's lives, perception and actions in a degraded mangrove forest in the eastern part of Suva, the capital of Fiji. The major question is why people are exposing themselves to serious environmental health hazards. Based on recent changes, the chapter also looks at development efforts that threaten residents of informal settlement to get evicted from the locations they right now reside. Investigations concentrate on people's actions in space, particularly, the role degraded urban mangroves play in their decision to reside in a particular place. A major explanation is that people want to reduce risk and enhance security: security from eviction.

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