KEY FACTORS OF URBAN FARMING SUSTAINABILITY IN BANDUNG CITY

• Main Author: Wulandari, Ratih
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/44174
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Urban farming activity in Bandung began with the urban farming movement initiated by the Bandung Berkebun community in 2011. Since 2014, this activity has been regarded as a flagship program by the Department of Food Security and Agriculture, which means that it receives governmental (including financial) support. Urban farming has raised expectations of Bandung City practitioners and observers as a solution to land use ineffectiveness, food security and environmental issues in a densely populated city. After more than seven years since it started, the urban farming program demonstrates many advantages, but on the other hand, it performs poorly in terms of its development and sustainability. Therefore, this research aims to identify the main factors of urban farming sustainability through four research phases, namely: 1) elaborate a historical framework of urban farming growth in Bandung; 2) define the form and pattern of the urban farming community in Bandung via thematic content analysis; 3) calculate the economic, social and environmental value of urban farming in Bandung using preliminary cost-benefit analysis; and 4) identify the main problems with the Ishikawa technique of analysis. The data were collected from semi structured, in-depth interviews with six key stakeholders and questionnaire-based surveys completed by 46 urban farming community leaders. The final results of each analysis converged into the key factors of urban sustainability namely (1) economic: contribution to household economy; (2) environmental and physical: certainty of land access availability; and (3) social: community leadership.