Local Government Organizational Response for Realizing the Maritime-Oriented Development Sustainability in Riau Island

Lecturer of Public Administration Master Program, School of Post-graduate, Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji, Jalan Raya Dompak – Tanjungpinang City 29124, Riau Island Province, PO. BOX 155

^* Corresponding author: armauliza.septiawan@umrah.ac.id

Abstract

The rural coastal development in the Riau Islands still shows stagnation for achieving its arrangement. To maximize the sustainable development benefits on rural coastal with maritime recognition in the Riau Islands, it is crucial to align the rural government responses with the specific needs and challenges faced by each rural area. This approach can help minimize the tendency for such initiatives to fail. Through the use of qualitative descriptive research design, researchers emphasize the technicality of primary data collection with key in-depth interviews from the rural community, local businesses and also empower academics which expertise relevantly. Gradually and systematically, information was collected and managed to produce a valid and reliable conclusion. The research results illustrate that each rural characteristic shows a different picture of citizen trust conditions. However, there is a major node of citizen trust vulnerability which includes aspects concerning, the plan for allocating needs and using rural development budgets that are misperceptions both shown by the citizen and the rural government itself. Thus strengthening the social learning process through the support of relevant in-depth inquiry from the sociology disciplines and anthropology concerning rural development will complement the efforts which fostering the sustainable citizens trust towards their rural government.