Judul: Evaluasi Pengelolaan Lanskap Kawasan Wisata Badega Gunung Parang di Purwakarta Sebagai Ekowisata Berkelanjutan
Abstrak: Proses pengembangan yang dilakukan pada kawasan wisata Badega Gunung Parang untuk meningkatkan atensi wisatawan dan melindungi alam sekitar agar berkelanjutan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah melakukan inventarisasi, penilaian, dan memberikan evaluasi serta rekomendasi terhadap manajemen program wisata agar dapat menambahkan keuntungan baik sosial maupun ekonomi untuk masyarakat sekitar tanpa mengurangi budaya serta fungsi ekologis Gunung Parang. Analisis yang dilakukan diantaranya analisis kualitatif dengan studi pustaka, metode analisis inventarisasi Starke and Simonds, analisis kuantitatif dengan metode Recreation Opportunity Spectrum dan Uji Kruskal Wallis. Membandingkan keadaan lapang dan idealnya dari sebuah objek wisata untuk analisis kesenjangan. Bagian rekomendasi yang diberikan berupa rekomendasi strategi pengelolaan kawasan wisata, rekomendasi aktivitas wisata, rekomendasi pembagian ruang wisata, dan rekomendasi fasilitas wisata. Berdasarkan hasil yang didapat kawasan wisata Badega Gunung Parang mencirikan bahwa kawasan wisata Badega Gunung Parang merupakan kawasan wisata rural developed. Uji Kruskal Wallis menunjukkan adanya perbedaan yang nyata diantara persepsi kelompok responden terhadap keenam objek., The development process carried out in the Badega Gunung Parang tourist area is to increase the attention of tourists and protect the surrounding nature so that it is sustainable. The purpose of this study is to conduct an inventory, assessment, and provide evaluations and recommendations for the management of tourism programs in order to add social and economic benefits to the surrounding community without compromising the culture and ecological function of Mount Parang. The analyzes carried out include qualitative analysis with literature studies, the Starke and Simonds inventory analysis method, quantitative analysis using the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum method and the Kruskal Wallis test. Comparing the field conditions and ideals of a tourist attraction for gap analysis. The recommendation section given is in the form of recommendations for tourism area management strategies, recommendations for tourist activities, recommendations for sharing tourist spaces, and recommendations for tourist facilities. Based on the results obtained, the Badega Gunung Parang tourist area characterizes that the Badega Gunung Parang tourist area is a developed rural tourism area. The Kruskal Wallis test shows that there is a significant difference between the perceptions of the respondent's group of the six objects.
Keyword: Gap analysis, Mount Parang, Recreation Opportunity Spectrum, Sustainable

Judul: Performance of Management and Development Strategy of Natural Recreation of Situ Gunung, Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park
Abstrak: Management of natural recreation usually not equal yet with evaluation activities. Carrying out of Natural Recreation of Situ Gunung need evaluation in order to know how far satisfaction of visitor can be reached and brought into line with tourism activities in conservation area. This research aim is analysing management performance of natural recreation for gaining strategic alternatives of Situ Gunung Natural Recreation. The operationally research were bound on visitors satisfaction and on impact of tourism activities on social economic of communities and environment around the recreation place. The aspect on social economic of communities was observed from tourism impact and communities motivation on participating of recreation activities. Environmental aspect was observed from naturalism and preservation of the recreation area. Data analysis method consist of management performance analysis (descriptive analysis), visitors satisfaction analysis (Important – Performance Analysis/IPA and Customer Satisfaction Index/CSI) and Analysis of development alternatives (SWOT Analysis). Situ Gunung managed by two prominent institutions, i.e. Perum Perhutani and Bureau of Gunung Gede National Park. Man resources which behave are 4 employees of Situ Gunung Resort of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park and 6 employees of Perum Perhutani. Access toward the location easily is reached by private vehicles or public transportation means. Situ Gunung Natural Recreation has 4 ultimate objects connected by roads that need repairing in some parts. The visitor backgrounds of dominant education are elementary school, occupations as student who came from inner side of Sukabumi itself, with recreation as arrival destination. The promotion of location is not effectively yet to these visitors. Visitor services form is recreation without tourist guide. There are in total 100 hectares area that intensively used as natural recreation activities, about 7 % area has been changed. Violation actions that probable can destroy resources are illegal logging/hunting although in small intensity. Visitors valuation of 16 attributes put into ‘SATISFACTORY’ category in CSI. It was identified 8 strengths and 8 weaknesses as internal factors and 8 opportunities and 5 threats as external environmental factors. Result of the SWOT analysis showed that Situ Gunung Nature Recreation lay in positive side of its internal and external factors with suggested development strategy is Strengths-Opportunities. The development programs that have been arranged are increasing level of promotion, spread out connection of cooperation, and using master plan of management. Performance of management of Situ Gunung Natural Recreation was counted into ‘GOOD’ category observed from visitor satisfactory aspect and from aspects of naturally, area preservation, and function rules of this region on social economic of communities. Development strategic alternative that has been arranged is Aggressive Growth Strategy (SO).
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Judul: Membran Komposit Kitosan-Zeolit untuk Aplikasi Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Abstrak: Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is a fuel cell that utilize methanol as the fuel source. The electrolyte membrane used in the DMFC system in this research was chitosan-zeolite composite membrane. The composite membrane was synthesized with chitosan-zeolite composition variation of 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 2:1. The membranes were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) and scanning electron microscope, and for the specific gravity. Membrane performances were tested with methanol uptake, methanol permeability, conductivity, and potential difference in the DMFC system. The FTIR spectrum showed no formation of new functional groups inducating that the composite membrane was a result of physical mixing. Morphological analysis showed that the membrane was nonporous. Chitosan-zeolite 1:3 composite membrane had the highest specific gravity and methanol uptake, 1.4226 g/mL and 41.44%, respectively. The highest proton conductivity was showed by the 1:2 chitosanzeolite composite membrane, namely 7.2946× 10-7 S/cm. Based on this research results, chitosan-zeolite composite membrane can be applied in DMFC system.
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