PENGENDALIAN ALIH FUNGSI LAHAN SAWAH SEBAGAI UPAYA PEMENUHAN RUANG TERBUKA HIJAU KOTA (RTHK) DI KOTA DENPASAR

An escalating need for space in a growing city has placed urban agricultural land a target for conversion. This is often done to accommodate the need for housing and commercial development. Many cities in Asia agricultural land comes in the form of rice paddy field and is treated as the main component of urban open space. In this position, the paddy field possesses important environmental, aesthetical, social, and economical values. Realizing this conditin, Local Government for Denpasar for instance, requires 30% of its total area dedicated for urban open space. But a statistical data for this city shows a average decrease of 31.86% of farming land annually. A record for year 2010 demonstrates 2.632 hectare of farmed land available accross the city. This figure droped into 2.409 hectare in 2017. This study aims to determine fundamental factors determining the conversion of agricultural land in Denpasar. It is conducted using a mixed of qualitative and quantitative method. The study reveals the important roles held by various parties involved including government, community, private sector and social institutions, in directing the conversion of agricultural land. This involves a three stages decision making process: planning, organization, and incentive provision. Planning stage is excecuted by stipulating a spatial planning that protects the sustainability of the agricultural zone. Management method is done by developing a Subak Lestari Zone. On top of these two stages, owners of agriclutural lands will also be given incentives in the forms of subsidized fertilizers to ease the cost of farming activities. The proposed methods are to be excecuted based on community participation concept.