The Domestic Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in dealing with Climate Change:Case Study Agriculture Region - Plantation and Urban Areas

For the last couple of years the impact of climate change have been experienced by most Indonesians. This phenomenon is not only effected the shifting of the weather patterns: the rainy and dry seasons, but also significantly influences the deflation of agriculture-plantation production due to plant/crop failure. Another interesting finding is that the urban communities also experience the effects of this phenomenon; people begin to deal with health issues related to climate change.
The response and the adaptation strategies that are exhibited by people who live in the agriculture-plantation and the urban areas in order to deal with climate change are quite varied. It is affected by the vulnerability and the capacity to adapt that are different in each community. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of writings in Indonesian context yet that focus deeply on the phenomenon of the climate change. In accordance with this matter, there are two issues that need to be highlighted in this paper: (1). The knowledge and understanding of both the farming and the urban communities on the climate change phenomenon particularly its impact on their daily lives, (2). The adaptation strategies that both the farmers and the urban communities do to address the arising issues caused by climate change.