Resettlement in the surroundings of the Cirata dam reservoir, West Java, Indonesia : incipient impact on evacuees and native inhabitants | |
| Author | Zulrizka Iskandar |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-88-19 |
| Subject(s) | Land settlement--Indonesia Cirata Dam Reservoir |
| Note | A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-88-19 |
| Abstract | Among the five resettlement programs implemented by government line agencies, namely, transmigration, nucleus estates and small holder estates, aquaculture, secondary development, and simple compensation, the vast majority of the evacuees had chosen simple compensation. As a direct consequence, most evacuees settled in villages surrounding the newly created, man-made lake or reservoir . With modern technology inputs having remained almost constant, and natural resources decreasing, particularly with regard to agricultural land, the economic conditions had worsened. The proportion of old villagers not owning any land had decreased by some five per cent, while that of new settlers or evacuees not owning land had increased by more than 100 per cent. Both old villagers and new settlers or evacuees did not benefit from development programs because they lacked the required skills and faced difficulties in creating alternative employment opportunities for themselves. Most new settlers had experienced a sharp decline in income. Finding employment opportunities being related to the given social network, new settlers displayed a tendency of integrating themselves into their new social environment consisting of both new and old settlers. A strong indication is the narrow range of an index of social interaction between old and new as well as among new settlers, most of whom hailed from different villages inundated since their evacuation. The causal factors of low participation in local level planning include reluctance to state their needs publicly, lack of faculty of expression owing to low level attainment of formal education, and domination of the decision- making process by the local elite. As for the different resettlement programs for which the evacuees in the study area had opted, there were no differences in social conditions between participants in aquaculture promotion, involvement in the secondary development program, and recipients of simple compensation . The absence of tangible differences is indicative of lack of program intervention . Recommendations address the potential of livestock rearing, the promotion of services, the development of aquaculture, the creation of employment opportunities for women, and the strengthening of bottom-up planning. |
| Year | 1988 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-88-19 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Weber, Karl E. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Dias, Hiran D. ;Demaine, Harvey |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | MUCIA-USAID The General Participant Training - II Project; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1988 |