Landscape Character Assessment of <i>Pekarangan</i> towards Healthy and Productive Urban Village in Bandung City, Indonesia
Budi Faisal, MZ Dahlan, H S Arifin, Nurhayati Nurhayati, Kaswanto Kaswanto, SR Nadhiroh, TS Wahyuni, Budiadi, SNR Irawan
Abstract
Pekarangan, one of the Indonesian homestead agroforestry systems has been recognized as a small-scale landscape unit that can be developed as a mitigation and rehabilitation area by providing a variety of medicinal plants as well as outdoor activity.Thus, a study of the importance of pekarangan is crucial to identify its utilization and to recommend a landscape management strategy.About 90 pekarangan were identified to elaborate their spatial characteristic.Results show that the limited land is a determining factor to build pekarangan.However, no matter how small the remaining space is potentially functioned as a pekarangan.This finding suggests that the pekarangan can be carried out in a multi-scale landscape.Further, the owner's preference to utilize the remaining limited space with a more productive function is an important direction in the development of the pekarangan for the context of the urban village area.In this case, the production function needs to be strengthened compared to the aesthetic function.Considering the importance of pekarangan landscape, further study is important to proceed the planning and design simulation stage.Through a spatial planning and design approach, it can be developed into design guidelines based on local context and wisdom to be realized in a multi-scale landscape.