Mitigation of Social Impacts of Alternative Road Development Plans Based on Local Wisdom in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Table 3
Identification of the social impacts of bypass road Pasar Amor construction.
No.
Social impact criteria
Identification of social impact
1
Positive
(i) Reduce congestion (ii) Easy access and mobility (iii) Create jobs and reduce unemployment (iv) Unlock new settlements
2.
Negative
(i) Land speculators appear (ii) Community resistance to land acquisition and compensation (iii) Horizontal conflict arises between the people who are pro and contra of road construction (iv) Vertical conflict arises due to dissatisfaction with the land acquisition and compensation process (v) Social unrest in the community as a result of the conflict (vi) Livelihood change occurs as the population who originally farmed as a hereditary livelihood changed to the service and trade sectors (vii) Shifting customary land into property rights (viii) Changes in lifestyle with the disappearance of customs that are upheld, especially in the younger generation due to mixing with immigrants
