Judul: Priority of Land Use Development in Coastal Area of Deli Serdang and Serdang Bedagai Regencies
Abstrak: The Coastal area is a dynamic and strategic area due to its topography, rich of diverse habitats but susceptible from ecology, economic, and sosiocultural effect. Potential utilization of coastal areas in Deli Serdang and Serdang Bedagai Regencies are not optimally managed, since yet exploitative, sectoral and overlapping management. This study aims : (1) to determine the prioritize location of land use development and (2) to know the stakeholders preference for referral program of land use development in coastal areas of Deli Serdang and Serdang Bedagai Regencies. A systematic approach for this land use development in coastal areas by integrating Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) a based Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) technique, Analitical Hierarchy Process (AHP), and Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis. Criterias used for this determination are land suitability, Location Quotient (LQ), hierarchy region, and evade conservation areas. The results showed that the land use in coastal area of Deli Serdang and Serdang Bedagai Regencies are body of water 1,1%, secondary mangrove forest 2,4%, building area 11,8%, plantation 29,4%, dry land agriculture 18,1%, paddy fields 24,9%, embankment 8,1%, open land 0,4%. The prioritize locations of land use planning in Deli Serdang Regency are (1) First priority is located in Hamparan Perak with 560 ha of embankment and Percut Sei Tuan with 980 ha of embankment, (2) Second priority is located in Hamparan Perak with 10.720 ha of plantation and Labuhan Deli with 2.050 ha of paddy field, (3) Third priority is located in Pantai Labu with 1.130 ha of dry land agriculture. And the prioritize locations of land use planning in Serdang Bedagai Regency are (1) First priority is located in Pantai Cermin 2.650 ha of paddy field and Teluk Mengkudu with 1.450 ha of paddy field, (2) Second priority is located in Perbaungan with 4.640 ha of paddy field, (3) Third priority is located in Perbaungan with 3.480 ha of plantation. (4) Fourth priority is located in Bandar Khalipah with 970 ha of dry land agriculture and 3.290 ha of paddy field, (5) Fifth priority is located in Tanjung Beringin with 2.640 ha of paddy field. According to stakeholders preference, economic aspects by increasing the income of society to be the priority of referral programs for land use development.
Keyword: coastal areas, land suitability, land use pattern, TOPSIS

Judul: Optimizing of use of land for economic development and natural resources conservation in coastal area Sidoarjo Regency East Java
Abstrak: Kabupaten Sidoarjo memiliki luas 71 424,25 ha sepertiganya merupakan kawasan pesisir yang kaya akan hasil-hasil perikanan dan dapat menjadi sumber penghidupan bagi 3 257 KK petani tambak dan 3 282 KK nelayan pencari ikan. Beragam aktivitas yang dilakukan masyarakat meliputi : usaha udang intensif, udang organik, usaha garam, konservasi hutan mangrove, pencari kayu bakar dan remis, serta pemerintah berkepentingan melakukan penatagunaan lahan. Tiap-tiap pelaku ekonomi memiliki kriteria dan tujuan masing-masing, belum ada perencanaan dan pengelolaan secara terintegrasi. Padahal fenomena ini memperlihatkan hubungan yang kurang menguntungkan. Permasalahannya adalah : bagaimana menyusun suatu rencana penggunaan lahan yang dapat mengkompromikan berbagai kepentingan masyarakat dan dapat menunjang hasilhasil ekonomi tanpa merusak lingkungan? Penelitian ini bertujuan : (1) menentukan alokasi penggunaan lahan yang mampu mengkompromikan berbagai kepentingan masyarakat, (2) mencari alternatif strategi penggunaan lahan yang paling baik untuk diterapkan di Pesis ir Kabupaten Sidoarjo, dan (3) melakukan kajian terhadap kemungkinan konsep rencana penggunaan lahan dapat diterapkan atau tidak., Sidoarjo regency has an area of 71424.25 ha. One third of it is coastal area rich in fish production as source of living for 3257 fish farmers and 3282 fishermen along the seashore. There are many various activities done by the community, i.e., running intensive shrimp ponds, organic shrimp ponds, salt business, mangrove forest conservation, fuel wood seller and molusca. Meanwhile, government has an interest in managing the land use. Up to now, there is no integrated planning and management as so each businessman has its own criteria and individual goal in doing their business. This Phenomenon resulted in conflict of using the land. The questions are “How can the plan of land use that compromise many various local interest and trigger the development of local economy without destructing natural environment be arranged?”. The research aimed at (1) setting land use allocation that can compromise all local interest, (2) selecting the best alternative strategy of land using implemen ted in Sidoarjo coastal area, and (3) studying whether the plan of land using can be implemented or not.
Keyword: Coastal area, Conservation, Optimizing, Goal programming, Nilai ekonomi hutan mangrove, Analisis lahan, Analisis komparatif, Analisis kelembagaan

Judul: Infeksin virus rota pada anak babi
Abstrak: Virus Rota sudah lama diduga sebagai salah satu penyebab diare pada anak babi yang baru dilahirkan. Hal ini diperkuat dengan berhasilnya Mebus dan kawan-kawan mengidentifikasi virus Rota pada kejadian diare yang ter jadi pada anak sapi yang baru dilahirkan. Infeksi virus Rota merupakan hal yang serius, kejadian yang mewabah pernah dilaporkan di Amerika Serikat, Inggris, Kanada dan Australia. Sedangkan kejadian di Indonesia yang dihubungkan dengan infeksi virus Rota belum dilaporkan. Virus Rota termasuk keluarga Reo viridea. Sesuai dengan namanya, virus Rota menyerupai roda (Rota = Wheel), mengandung asam nukleat (nucleid acid) yang berupa asam nukleat ribo (ribo nucleid acid, RNA) dan berserabut ganda (double stranded), tidak mempunyai selubung (envelop atau peplos). Hewan rentan adalah hewan yang berumur sangat muda. Selain menyerang babi, dapat pula menyerang sapi, domba, rusa, anjing, kucing, tikus, kelinci, unggas dan manusia. ...
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