PERSEPSI, RESPON DAN STRATEGIADAPTASI MASYARAKAT YANG TINGGALDI SEKITAR TPA SAMPAH BANYUROTOKABUPATEN KULON PROGO

Generally, Final Waste Processing Sites (FWPS) have not fully become final waste processing sites yet. In many cases, the existence of a FWPS results in many problems, such as conflict of interest, reduction in environmental quality, and community refusal to such sites. In September 2009, the Government of Kulon Progo Regency established a Final Waste Processing Site in Banyuroto as a result of the termination of the FWPS in Ringin Ardi. In fact, the FWPS in Banyuroto has resulted in environmental changes in that area. The study aims to explore perception, response, and adaptation strategy by the community who lived around Banyuroto FWPS. This study adopted an approach to inductive qualitative to explore qualitatively every finding in the field. The study found two kinds of community perception, namely positive perception and negative perception. The positive perception was caused by the fact that the FWPS had given both economical and environmental benefits to the local community. On the contrary, the negative perception was caused by the bad impacts of the implementation and operation of the FWPS which was considered causing disruption to the environment and health, and inflicting economic loss. Related to the community response, the study found two categories of response, namely approval response and refusal response. The approval response related to the existence of the FWPS. The refusal response can be classified into two categories, namely refusal to the management of the FWPS and refusal to the existence of the FWPS. In addition, the refusal response can be classified into active and passive refusal, so called staged (cascaded) response. The staged response was influenced by the Javanese culture, environmental situation and condition, public figure, experience, and age factors. The final finding of the study was adaptation strategy which can be classified into behavioral adaptation and withdraw or avoiding the site of the FWPS.