Breaking of Islamic Value on Landscape Management

December 2012 is my fortune to return and see my home town, Padang, in West Sumatra. I just realized the values of Islam that is most of Minangkabau people belief in past has been gradually leave. I am also aware the caused is not simply explained as sector understanding. But the changing of people value from nature and cosmic centrist to human and economic centrist is complex situation of socio-anthropologist science. The intensity of earthquake from 2007 to 2009 has contributed to this change. More people was coming to help other as humanitarian actor on one side but other side, they were a cultural individual who brought new identity with different arrogance. No exception, for people who was part of Minangkabau community or the different community they belong at that time. Today, after three years, everything I know move from cultural society to liberal society who is standing in between old culture but it is more dilemmas to see how the future will be shaped. And also today, on December 28, 2012, more pressure to Padang coastline area increases to very critical situation that was caused by lack of local government policy to plan city landscape. Many of stores are established in coastline area and build their semi and permanent place to get penny and hope for better economic development. I said this very critical situation because, the occupation of business activity in Padang coastline is not able to manage by local government anymore, because everything has been totally changed of land use and landscape planning of coastline area that not consider nature protection. The Impression toward situation is explain loss of Islamic values in society.   

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