Vol. 8 No. 1 (1997)

In the Second Long-range Development Era, the Rural Development in Indonesia still occupied important issue in development due to the geo-demographical distribution, economic structures as well as contribution to the peoples way of life. Rural Spatial Planning as mention in Spatial Planning Law (Undang-Undang no 24 tahun 1992 tentang Penataan Ruang) intends to integrated several rural areas in one planning unit development called Kawasan Pedesaan. This idea is not questionable from planning and administrative point of view

Based on the Spatial Arrangement Act (UU No.24/1992) and, the author explores a definition of the rural areas in an integrated perspective spatial development. The rural areas is defined as an integral part of a region in which agriculture and natural resources management play as major activities. Thereby, the rural area plays important functional roles in: supplying tangible products such as food, energy, row materials for industries; maintaining the balance of water cycle, and temperature; controling air and soil pollution; and providing amenity resources. An urban biased market force often…

Water related issues in spatial planning, either for urban or rural areas, need to be addressed in the framework of riverbasin approach. Riverbasin as a geohydrologic system is considered as a proper region for planning and management of water resources. Water resources planning based on this riverbasin concept need to be integrated into a rural spatial planning. This paper discusses several issues related to the nature of riverbasin in relation with the spatial concept of rural areas, e.g. the basis of riverbasin approach, the nature of riverbasin as a geohydrological system, the management…

The phenomenon of land conversion to non agricultural use which is occuring rapidly in Java has drawn large attention since it is related to wide dimension of problems, both macro and micro. This article assesses further the conversion of agricultural land in Pantura Jawa Barat by identifying problems and factors influencing the conversion and its implication to the regional spatial planning. In macro perspective, the conversion is an implication of the dynamism of urban growth in Pantura Jawa Barat. External factors considered to have some influences on this conversion are the growth of…