Abstract:
Economic development of coastal community in Kotabaru Regency has become strategic in the future. Kotabaru Regency
is the geo-economic strategic position due to the position of Kotabaru region boundaries between Kalimantan Island and Sulawesi
Island. Geo-economic strategic of Kotabaru should increase the coastal community welfare in Kotabaru Regency. The objective of
the research is to evaluate economic characteristic of coastal community at mining area in Kotabaru Regency. The number of
samples in this study is 50 respondents in each village who are in the mining area. The number of companies in the mining area is 17
companies. Data were collected by using questionnaires. The results show that economic characteristics have low category. Mining
and plantation companies do not increase the economic conditions of the community. Research suggestions are: (1) to examine the
potential and importance of economic empowerment model of coastal communities in the region both mining companies and
plantations; (2) the important role of companies and local governments to work together in formulating a strategy for management of
CSR (corporate social responsibility), and social mapping to be done by the company in the preparation of the CSR program.
