Sustainable Development of Fishermen Settlement Based on Cultural Aspects Ainun Nurin SHARVINA 1 , Muhammad FAQIH 1 , Happy Ratna SANTOSA 1 , Arina HAYATI 1 1 Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Department of Architecture, Surabaya, INDONESIA E-mail: sharvina13@mhs.arch.its.ac.id: sharvina.an@gmail.com DOI: 10.24193/JSSP.2018.2.04 https://doi.org/10.24193/JSSP.2018.2.04 K e y w o r d s: culture-based sustainable development, marine livelihood, fishermen settlement A B S T R A C T 1. INTRODUCTION The term sustainable development first appeared in the Brundtland report, and was defined as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" [1]. In order to achieve that goal, the report then introduced three pillars of sustainable development consisting of economic, ecological and social aspects [2], [3], [4]. Sustainable development with three pillars provides a more tangible concept as compared to previous development concepts. The introduction of the three pillars of sustainable development improves public awareness on sustainable development. However, the concept of three pillars sets some limits to the basic definition of sustainable development. On the other hand, the concept must be adapted to cities or countries, and the urban development pattern must be based on the traditional and local hierarchy of culture that needs to be addressed [5]. Furthermore, findings revealed that there is social degradation in environmental development approach practice [6], therefore socio- cultural patterns must be highlighted as one important aspect in sustainable development [7]. Social and cultural aspects are important pillars in sustainable development because they are closely related to human expression which further defines the sustainable development’s goals [8]. This research asserts that the cultural pillar should be distinctive from the social pillar. It means that culture should become the fourth pillar that Centre for Research on Settlements and Urbanism Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning J o u r n a l h o m e p a g e: http://jssp.reviste.ubbcluj.ro Most fishermen have low wages and tend to have fewer opportunities to live properly. Consequently, fishermen settlements are often gentrified in urban development, especially in developing countries. Indonesia, one of the developing countries with the longest inhabited coastline, has recently encountered this problem. The sustainable solutions needed to preserve their culture should be implemented while improving the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the concept of sustainable development for fishermen settlement that would be based on local maritime culture. Culture is highlighted because of its roles to drive the surrounding environment for quality improvement in fishermen settlement. To explore sustainable culture especially maritime culture in fishermen context some guiding variables are needed. The aim of this research is to indicate how culture supports the sustainable development concept in fishermen settlement. The method used in this research is exploring theories by descriptive qualitative analysis. By using the theory of culture in sustainable development, the paper assessed maritime culture and settlement. The result of this paper is that culture is a guiding variable in the sustainable development of fishermen settlement, which consists of five layers of cultural aspects, detailed in the maritime culture. This variable can be used in further research on fishermen settlement based on cultural aspects.