Eduvest – Journal of Universal Studies
Volume 1 Number 11, November 2021
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match the space requirements for community activities with the preservation of the
natural landscape of the area. The city's green open space also has many functions and
benefits, including hydrological, ecological, climatological, educational, health and
tourism functions (Soeriaatmadja & Wulanningsih, 2018).
Based on the results of spatial analysis, it was found that the land use with the
biggest change was dry land agriculture which turned into vacant land, which was
13,653.02 ha. The use of land for wetland agriculture turned into vacant land covering an
area of 950.81 ha. This is due to the large number of dry land agricultural lands
(moor/fields) and wet land agriculture (paddy fields) that were previously cultivated and
cultivated by local farmers/land owners are currently no longer cultivated and become
vacant land/shrubs/sleeping land. According to (Wowiling, Sondakh, Katiandagho, &
Ruauw, 2014), the factors that affect agricultural land not being cultivated and becoming
idle land are:
a) Physical factors, including soil fertility level, soil capability class, and availability
of irrigation networks.
b) Social factors, including the availability and cost of labor, the level of community
education, and the ability of individuals in agricultural cultivation.
c) Economic factors, including capital, the cost of agricultural equipment and
technology is relatively expensive, the level of community income from the non-
agricultural sector.
Detailed reasons that cause farmers in Banjarbaru City to no longer cultivate their
land for agricultural activities need more in-depth study and research. In addition to
turning into vacant land, dry land agricultural land is also transformed into vacant land
turned into other land uses such as educational facilities, health facilities, sports facilities,
roads, public trade, housing, villages and others (Li, Wang, Wuzhati, & Wen, 2016).
Similar to dry land agriculture, wetland agriculture also changes towards non-agricultural
activities, such as educational facilities, health facilities, sports facilities, roads, public
trade, housing, villages and others (Thuo, 2013).
One of the sports facilities was also transformed into a market covering an area of
3.80 ha, namely a mini stadium on Jalan RO Ulin which turned into Bauntung Baru
Market. The use of village land has turned into general trading covering an area of 14.68
ha in the last eight years.
Broadly speaking, the types of land use in Banjarbaru City in 2021 will shift with
the types of land use in 2013, both types of land use, area, and distribution. The use of dry
land agricultural land and wetland agriculture has decreased in area in the last eight years.
This illustrates that there has been a shift in the activities of the people of Banjarbaru City
in utilizing their land from agricultural activities to non-agricultural activities, as well as a
change in the mindset/paradigm of the younger generation who no longer want to be
involved in agricultural activities and no longer want to work their land for dry land
agricultural activities moor/fields) and wetland agriculture (paddy fields) (Lee-Martinez,
2014).
Based on the spatial analysis with the land use type approach, it can be concluded
that the land use changes that occurred in Banjarbaru City in the period 2013-2021 were
mostly carried out by the community, covering an area of 15,546.80 ha or 94.7% of the
changes that occurred in that period, namely in the form of villages, vacant land, dry land
agriculture, ponds, worship facilities, and others. An area of 540.62 ha or 3.3% of the
changes that occurred during that period were carried out by legal entities (Private).
Changes in land use, the subject of which is a legal/private entity, occur in the use of
residential land, business institutions, warehousing, and recreation and accommodation
such as the Grand Daffam hotel and Q Mall Banjarbaru. The remaining area of 326.58 ha