Judul: Perencanaan Lanskap Wisata Pendukung Agrowisata Perkebunan Teh Gambung Desa Mekarsari Kabupaten Bandung Jawa Barat
Abstrak: Desa Mekarsari merupakan desa wisata yang berada di Kecamatan Pasirjambu, Kabupaten Bandung, dengan keunggulan yang cukup beragam seperti perkebunan dan peternakan. Namun Agrowisata Perkebunan Teh Gambung Desa Mekarsari kurang diketahui oleh masyarakat walaupun banyak potensi wisata yang dapat dikembangkan. Oleh sebab itu, diperlukan perencanaan lanskap wisata pendukung area agrowisata agar dapat membuat objek wisata yang ada tetap berkembang dengan baik tanpa merugikan wisata lainnya. Metode perencanaan dilakukan sesuai metode Gold (1980) yaitu tahap persiapan, inventarisasi, analisis, sintesis, dan perencanaan lanskap. Analisis dilakukan pada aspek biofisik, objek daya tarik wisata, akseptibilitas dan preferensi masyarakat, dan potensi objek dan atraksi wisata pendukung. Hasil analisis tersebut menghasilkan perencanaan lanskap yang terdiri dari rencana ruang, rencana sirkulasi, rencana aktivitas dan fasilitas, rencana wisata pendukung yang menunjukkan bahwa ketiga wisata pendukung mampu dijadikan objek pendukung untuk wisata utama, walaupun diperlukan pengembangan fasilitas keamanan dan kenyamanan di sekitar desa., Mekarsari Village is a tourist village located in Pasirjambu District, Bandung Regency, with various advantages such as plantations and livestock. However, the Gambung Tea Plantation Agrotourism in Mekarsari Village is less known by the public even though there is a lot of tourism potential that can be developed. Therefore, it is necessary to plan a tourism landscape that supports agro-tourism areas in order to make existing tourist attractions continue to develop properly without harming other tourism. The planning method is carried out according to the Gold (1980) method, namely the stages of preparation, inventory, analysis, synthesis, and landscape planning. The analysis was carried out on biophysical aspects, tourist attraction objects, community acceptability and preferences, and potential supporting tourist objects and attractions. The results of the analysis produce a landscape plan consisting of a spatial plan, circulation plan, activity and facility plan, a supporting tourism plan which shows that the three supporting tours can be used as supporting objects for the main tourism, although it is necessary to develop security and comfort facilities around the village.
Keyword: Agrotourism, Landscape planning, Supporting tourism

Judul: Landscape Planning for Winongan-Gondang Wetan Agritourism, Pasuruan Regency, East Java
Abstrak: Kabupaten Pasuruan memiliki potensi sumber daya alam berupa DAS Rejoso. Daerah aliran sungai ini mendukung mata pencaharian masyarakat di wilayah pertanian, peternakan dan kehutanan. Kecamatan Winongan dan Gondang Wetan merupakan bagian dari wilayah hilir DAS Rejoso yang sebagian besar merupakan lahan pertanian. Petani di daerah ini menghadapi kendala teknis yang menyebabkan rendahnya produktivitas pertanian. Mereka juga menghadapi masalah penggunaan air akibat kegiatan pengeboran yang tidak terkendali. Situasi ini telah menginisiasi program konservasi yang dilakukan oleh World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), yaitu Gerakan Rejoso Kita, dengan tujuan utama untuk meningkatkan praktik budidaya pertanian yang ada dengan sistem pertanian berkelanjutan. Program ini telah berhasil dilaksanakan di sebelas desa dan hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa desa-desa tersebut berpotensi untuk dikembangkan sebagai kawasan agrowisata berbasis pertanian berkelanjutan dengan memperhatikan aspek pendidikan, rekreasi, dan pelestarian lanskap. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis keberlanjutan dan kesesuaian kawasan ini untuk agrowisata dan membuat rencana lanskap untuk mendukung pengembangan agrowisata. Analisis ini menggunakan metode spasial dan kualitatif terhadap aspek fisik, biofisik, serta preferensi masyarakat dan calon wisatawan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa di antara sebelas desa tersebut, Desa Gading, Lebak, dan Tenggilis Rejo merupakan desa yang paling potensial untuk pengembangan agrowisata. Desa-desa tersebut selanjutnya ditetapkan sebagai kawasan agrowisata inti, sedangkan desa-desa dengan nilai potensi sedang dan rendah akan menjadi kawasan pendukung dan penyangga. Hasil akhir dari penelitian ini adalah masterplan pengembangan agrowisata di Kecamatan Winongan dan Gondang Wetan serta rencana lanskap pengembangan agrowisata pada Desa Gading., The Pasuruan Regency has potential natural resources in the form of Rejoso watershed. This watershed supports people‘s livelihood in the region of agriculture, livestock and forestry. The Winongan and Gondang Wetan subdistricts are part of the Rejoso watershed downstream area which predominantly agricultural land. Farmers in these area are facing technical problems that has caused the low agricultural productivity. They also encounter water use problems due to uncontrolled drilling activities.These situation have initiated a consevation program conducted by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), namely Gerakan Rejoso Kita, with main aim to improve the existing agricultural cultivation practices using sustainable agricultural system. The program has been succesfully implemented on eleven villages and the results show that the villages are potential to be doveloped as agritourism area based on sustainable agriculture considering the aspects of education, recreation, and landscape preservation. The objective of this research are to analyze the sustainability and suitability of this area for agritourism and to make a landscape plan to support agritourism deveopment. The analysis applied spatial and qualitative methods over physical, bio-physical aspect, and the preferences of people and potential tourists. The analysis showed that among the eleven villages, Gading, Lebak, and Tenggilis Rejo were the most potential villages for agritourism development. These villages subsequently designated as main agritourism zone, while villages with medium and low potential values will become supporting and buffer zones. This final output of this study are the master plan of agritourism development for Winongan and Gondang Wetan sub-districts and a landscape plan for agritourism development in Gading village.
Keyword: agritourism, Rejoso watershed, landscape planning, sustainable agriculture

Judul: Karakteristik Carboxymethyl Chitosan Dengan Variasi Konsentrasi NaOH
Abstrak: Carboxymethyl chitosan is chitosan derivative product obtained from chemical modification. CMCh were made by alkalization process and carboxymethylation process. Factors that affect CMCh characteristics were excess sodium hydroxide in alkalization process, ratio between chitosan and monochloroacetic acid, and carboxymethylation temperature. The objectives of this research were to study the NaOH effect to CMCh characteristics, to learn process of making CMCh, to set the proper concentration of NaOH, and to analyze CMCh characteristics. CMCh yields were 110.72%-114.22%. CMCh pH value were 3.74-4.31. The optimum NaOH concentration to obtain the best CHCh was 10 M. Percentage of CMCh moisture content was 10.70%-11.42%. Ash content and nitrogen content of CMCh were 0.49%-0.50% and 4.52%-4.81%. CMCh viscousity was 8.25 cps. Percentage of CMCh solubility was 61.61%-91.50%. The different functional groups from chitosan which observed in CMCh were C=O group, CH group from alkene functional group, C−O group, and C−O−C group.
Keyword: solubility., functional group, CMCh characteristics, chitosan, carboxymethyl chitosan