Ernan Rustiadi

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Lecturer at IPB University

This study aims to evaluate the impact of educational development on poverty reduction in districts and cities of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The main focus of this study is to assess the influence of education budget realization on the Regional Education Development Index (REDI), the contribution of REDI and GRDP per capita to poverty reduc...

Background: Economic growth, while often viewed as a sign of development success, may not guarantee equitable income distribution, particularly in developing nations. The Inclusive Economic Development Index (IPEI) by the National Development Agency (Bappenas) gauges inclusivity in Indonesian development. In Central Java Province, regency/city-leve...

This study analyzes the alignment of land use with the spatial planning pattern of the Regional Spatial Planning (RTRW) in Batang Regency, Central Java Province. The research utilizes the land use map of Batang Regency from 2021 and the Batang Regency spatial planning map for 2019-2039. The largest land use in Batang Regency is paddy fields, coveri...

Despite Indonesia’s significant economic progress, certain regions, such as West Manggarai Regency in East Nusa Tenggara, continue to face persistent poverty challenges. While strategic tourism initiatives in Labuan Bajo have spurred regional development, the benefits have not reached local communities equitably, highlighting a disconnect between e...

The policy to accelerate the design of the Detailed Spatial Plan regulation document (RDTR) is a strategic step to enhance ease of doing business and promote sustainable development in Indonesia. Targeting 2036 RDTR sites nationwide, the initiative relies on various policy interventions and technical approaches. However, as of 8 January 2024, only...

The scientific discourse on university towns (UT) has progressed for a long time, with a surge of interest in recent years. However, a global overview of the research conducted on this topic have yet to exist. This paper aims to re-examine the relationship between UT and urbanization in literature. Built environment and people are often the most ta...

The sustainability of watershed management is a crucial issue that must be addressed to guarantee the persistence of watershed services including agriculture, food production, and energy supply. This issue has also been addressed in Presidential Regulation No. 18/2020 concerning the National Medium-Term Development Plans for 2020–2024, which stipul...

Spatial planning in Batam, Bintan, and Karimun (BBK) areas is prioritized because it has an important impact on the national economy. This research aims to identify the potential leading sectors in the BBK areas as a reference in regional development. This study uses time series data on Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) based on constant price...

This study explores the spatial distribution pattern of educational infrastructure development across districts and cities in North Sumatra, identifying significant disparities between urban and rural areas. The study aims to: (1) determine the distribution of educational development across districts and cities, (2) analyze global spatial autocorre...

Rencana Detail Tata Ruang (RDTR) merupakan salah satu dokumen digunakan dalam menyelenggarakan penataan ruang dan alat pengendali pemanfaatan ruang di Indonesia, serta dokumen yang digunakan dalam acuan perizinan pembangunan dan berusaha. Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh World Economic Forum pada 2020 menunjukkan bahwa inefisiensi birokrasi berupa mi...

Kesenjangan dan ketidakmerataan pembangunan menjadi sebuah tantangan bagi daerah-daerah yang sedang berkembang sehingga menentukan pusat-pusat pelayaan menjadi hal yang sangat perlu dilakukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat status perkembangan desa di Kabupaten Karawang, Provinsi Jawa Barat. Metode yang digunakan untuk menganalis...

The availability of Detailed Spatial Plans (RDTR) is crucial for supporting development implementation and ease of doing business. However, there are still problems in the preparation of RDTR, necessitating acceleration. Regarding this acceleration, it is necessary to analyze how participatory and collaborative planning methods can play a role. Par...

Pangandaran District is a newly formed region in West Java Province. Effective and competitive regional development requires support from the potential leading sectors in a region. Prioritization is needed because of limited resources that cannot facilitate the development of all sectors simultaneously. This analysis aims to identify leading sector...

ABSTRAK Kemiskinan dan ketimpangan pendapatan merupakan isu dimensi sosial strategis yang sering dihadapi oleh berbagai wilayah di Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia, khususnya di wilayah-wilayah yang baru saja mengalami pemekaran, seperti Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung. Salah satu isu pembangunan di Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung yang term...

Sago plants (Metroxylon spp.) hold significant potential as carbohydrate sources in Indonesia, notably on Bengkalis Island, Riau, where sago plantations cover 67,759 ha, primarily community-owned (84.75%) and large private plantations (15.25%). Beyond its abundance, sago presents an alternative for sago noodles, offering economic prospects and ener...

Social Forestry has been implemented in Indonesia to address environmental conservation and poverty alleviation. However, the effectiveness of this initiative in increasing household income is often subject to scrutiny. This study examines the impact of Social Forestry on household income by comparing Social Forestry members and non-members in two...

Biological invasions cause huge environmental and socio-economic losses worldwide. Among successful invaders, there are also several decapod crustacean species. In this study, we report the presence of an potentially invasive crab species that damages rice crops in Sumatra, Indonesia. This paddy-field crab Parathelphusa convexa DeMan, 1879 is a fre...

Indonesia merupakan negara agraris dengan ekosistem perdesaan yang masih relatif terjaga. Disisi lain, tekanan urbanisasi terhadap wilayah perdesaan semakin menguat. Di era desentralisasi kebijakan lokal dianggap sudah tidak lagi cukup sebagai instrumen pengelolaan kawasan perdesaan di sebagian negara. Oleh karena itu, seharusnya perspektif pengaru...

This paper is situated within the discussion of mega-urbanization, a particular urbanization process that entails a large-scale agglomeration. In this paper, our focus is on urbanization in Java, Indonesia’s most dynamic region. We add to the literature by investigating the change and prediction of the land use/land cover (LULC) of mega-urbanizatio...

em> Indeks Desa Membangun merupakan i ndikator yang menilai perkembangan desa yang menyertakan unsur penilaian infrastruktur , termasuk jaringan jalan , dan terkait dengan penggunaan lahan. Pembangunan infrastruktur desa dan penggunaan lahan secara umum berdampak pada sosial ekonomi perdesaan dan perkembangan desa. Wilayah Kabupaten Brebes terdiri...

The sustainability of watershed management is a key issue that must be considered to ensure the continuation of watershed services such as agriculture, food, and energy. This concern has also been raised in Presidential Regulation No. 2/2015 and No. 18/2020 regarding the National Medium-Term Development plans for the periods of 2015–2019 and 2020–2...

Land-use development in the coastline areas due to tourism activities leads to indications of the spatial significant discrepancy because it is not in line with the spatial planning and does not pay attention to aspects of disaster mitigation. Therefore, it is essential to maintain the coastline area that used as protection and public space. Althou...

The District of Pangandaran is a new district in the Province of West Java. The agricultural sector is the main driver of economic growth in the District of Pangandaran. In the process of regional development, it is necessary to develop the potential of the area with a priority on the growing and unique sector and the identification of unique commo...

Future global economic stability is under significant threat from environmental risks. Rural peat areas are particularly susceptible due to their elevated levels of hazard, vulnerability, and limited capacity. Acknowledging these risks is pivotal for fostering a low-carbon development trajectory. This study analyzes the environmental risk in rural...

Wastewater management in Bogor, Indonesia faces significant challenges in achieving sustainability. The success of the development of wastewater management requires an analysis of the characteristics of the actors related to the relationship between actors, the attitude of actors toward development goals, and the possibility of alliances and confli...

Wastewater management in Bogor, Indonesia, faces significant challenges to achieving a sustainable state. The growth of self-help settlements which are sporadic, unplanned, unorganized, and very dense, has an impact on the government's difficulties in providing sustainable wastewater management services. The research aims to examine fast-growing ar...

This investigation delineates the multi-faceted determinants integral to the evolution of agrotourism within rural domains, concentrating on the province of Jambi as a case study. This scholarly inquiry engaged with four representative villages, utilizing primary data procured through focus group discussions (FGDs) and comprehensive interviews with...

Poverty is always synonymous with disadvantaged people in rural and urban areas. According to the OECD (2016) three billion people in developing countries, including Indonesia, live in rural areas, and the majority are poor. The government has made various efforts in Indonesia to alleviate poverty, including through the concept of "building from th...

The development of land border areas is continuously inevitable, so the government annually rolls out programs and policies. The sustainability of this development is expected to make the border area a center of economic growth, have a multiplier effect on the surrounding area, reduce poverty and backwash the economy, attract investment, and improv...

Mengapa perlu mengangkat kawasan Puncak secara khusus dalam sebuah buku? Apa istimewanya dari kawasan ini? Mungkin pertanyaan itulah yang terlintas dalam benak Anda ketika memegang buku ini. Dan Puncak memang istimewa. Istimewanya Puncak setidaknya karena dua alasan berikut: 1. bahwa kawasan Puncak memiliki nilai yang strategis bagi ibu kota negara...

Poverty is one of the crucial social problems in Tegal Regency, Central Java Province. Specific solutions are needed in a particular area to effectively combat poverty. The purpose of this study is to identify the spatial distribution and pattern of poverty in Tegal Regency using Spatial Autocorrelation analysis (Moran's Global Index & Local Indica...

The development policies implemented in Jambi Province, Indonesia, since the New Order era, have encouraged transformations in demography, regional paradigms, growth base sectors, and growth actors. This study aims to understand how the central government’s demographic policies and plantation development program have impacted regional land cover ch...

Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province, is one of the regions on the island of Java that has great economic potential from a geographical perspective in the fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors to support the development and the economy in the area. However, since the tsunami hit this area in 2018, plus the non-natural catastrophe at the beginn...

The formation of the Jakarta Bandung Mega-Urban Region (JBMUR) has created a rapidly urbanized corridor, the JBMUR south conurbation corridor. Due to its geographical location, the expansion process in the JBMUR south conurbation corridor has caused significant social, economic, and environmental problems. This study explores and quantifies the imp...

Regional development is a fundamental change in the socio-economic, cultural, and institutional structure to overcome income inequality and alleviate poverty. Regional development aims to formulate and apply theoretical frameworks into policies and programs by integrating social and environmental aspects to realise optimal and sustainable welfare....

The Jakarta metropolitan region (the Jakarta megacity), located in the fourth most populous country in the world (Indonesia), is the largest urban agglomeration in the Global South—continues to grow, especially in its outer suburbs (Bekasi Regency). The governments (Central and Local) tend to implement an urban-biased policy (UBP) to connect Bekasi...

Oil-palm products are contributes significantly to economic growth, creating jobs and government revenue. Of the 14 million ha of Indonesian oil palm plantation, 40% are smallholder farming characterized by low productivity, irregular distribution, and fragmented. The lack of smallholder farming traceability information is one of the main issues fo...

Ngada Regency, one of the regencies in East Nusa Tenggara Province located on Flores Island has many natural and cultural attractions. This district has great potential tourist attractions for tourism development but has not been managed and developed properly. The number of tourist visits in Ngada has increased from year to year but the number of...

Geographically, Indonesia is located on three of the world's main tectonic plates and has 127 active volcanoes, making it highly vulnerable to natural disasters. In addition to natural disasters, Indonesia is also facing the Covid-19 disaster, which has greatly affected the tourism sector. Batu City is one of the leading tourism areas. Because Batu...

A Fiscal Risk Management will increase fiscal sustainability in the nation development. The International Monetary Fund revealed that one source of fiscal risk for the government is Sub-national Risk or a fiscal pressure which came from the local governments. Until 2021, the Government of Indonesia has not assessed the Sub-national fiscal risk as a...

Kabupaten Bogor sebagai salah satu hinterland dalam KSN Jabodetabekpunjur, telah mengalami perkembangan wilayah yang pesat dan pertumbuhan penduduk yang tinggi. Wilayah ini memiliki jumlah komuter yang tinggi dan terhubung dengan sistem transportasi massal yang terintegrasi di wilayah Jabodetabek. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi per...

Penataan ruang di Indonesia sudah diimplemetasikan sejak tahun 2007, namun pengaruhnya terhadap kemiskinan belum banyak dikaji dan diteliti. Sejak perda Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah (RTRW) provinsi dan kabupaten/kota banyak ditetapkan ada kecederungan terjadi perlambatan angka penurunan kemiskinan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menelaah pengaruh lahan kos...

Batu City in East Java has a thriving tourist area, which is not exempt from disaster susceptibility and economic vulnerability. These weaknesses have led to the strengthening of the disaster resilience system becoming a priority in terms of the Batu government’s disaster risk reduction. The main objective of this study is to improve disaster risk...

The daily traffic congestion faced by residents who live in the Greater Jakarta area has popularized the Jabodetabek Electric Train (KRL) as a mode of transportation for commuters to work and school. However, satisfactory service has not matched the increasing number of KRL users. Therefore, this study aims to develop a sustainability policy for ur...

The purpose of this study is to identify sustainability variables in domestic wastewater management in informal self-help housing in Bogor City. The analysis tool used is MICMAC analysis, which can identify variables of influences and dependences, mapped in a graph to explain the relationships between variables, and know the causal chain of a syste...

Abstract — High economic growth is not always followed by equitable development in a region. This study aims to see the effect of economic growth, investment, and economic agglomeration on regional development inequality in West Java Province. Timeseries data regression analysis West Java Province in the period of 2004–2018 to estimate the effect o...

Jakarta–Bandung Mega Urban Region (JBMUR), located in the western part of Java Island, Indonesia, is experiencing rapid regional development which can be observed from its increase in population density, massive changes of land-use from agricultural land into built-up area, rapid development of infrastructure and facilities, and advances in economi...

Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis kerawanan banjir dan kesiapsiagaan kelembangaan dalam penanganan bencana banjir di 24 Desa/Kelurahan Kota Batu. Lokasi dipilih karena merupakan Kota Pariwisata dengan basis sektor pertanian yang berpotensi rawan terhadap banjir.Kerawanan banjir dianalisis melalui parameter kemiringan lereng, geomorfolog...

Spatial planning performance indicators are related to sustainability. This approach combines quantitative and qualitative data to see the sustainability of regional spatial planning based on land and policies. This study aims to: (1) Analysis of the sustainable development index (IPB) and (2) Analysis of causal conditions of spatial planning perf...

Science cannot directly influence policy without a process of knowledge transfer and integration into policy-making called the science-policy interface. On the other hand, not all scientists intend to use their knowledge and findings to influence policy-makers. This condition causes a gap between science and policy. The main objective of this study...

The complexity of regional disparity has encouraged viewing this issue from various perspectives, one of which is the role of physical geography in disparity. On Java Island, an observation on the role of geographical aspect is needed due to the spatial sturdiness of disparity. This study aims to provide quantitative proof that differences in the p...

Jakarta and Bandung metropolitan areas in Indonesia are experiencing urban expansion, which makes these two metropolitan areas increasingly connected by corridors to become one mega-urban. Karawang and Purwakarta Regencies are part of the Jakarta-Bandung corridor area which then triggers the urban physical development. This study aims to 1) Determi...

Pertanian berkelanjutan merupakan komponen penting dalam pencapaian Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Pengukuran keberlanjutan pertanian mutlak dilakukan untuk lebih memahami kondisi saat ini, mengidentifikasi tren, menetapkan target, memantau kemajuan, dan membandingkan kinerja antar wilayah. Penelitian tentang keberlanjutan pertanian di Indon...

Rapid development and high population density are among the factors that cause slum settlements Tangerang Regency. Factors that cause slum settlements in Tangerang Regency have not been identified specifically and the handling of slum settlements are still seen to be uniform between regions. The purpose of this research is to identify the pattern o...

Socioeconomic, government expenditures, and transportation infrastructures, such as roads and ports, play a critical role in the economic development of poor and deprived regions. These factors are as catalysts for increasing economic output and enhancing people’s living standards in these regions. This study of West Timor, Indonesia, aimed to exam...

Salah satu upaya dalam mewujudkan tujuan pembangunan adalah dengan pengembangan wilayah yang disesuaikan dengan potensi, permasalahan dan kondisi eksisting wilayah yang bersangkutan. Setiap wilayah memiliki karakteristik masing-masing yang membedakan wilayah tersebut dengan wilayah lainnya. Karakteristik yang berbeda pada setiap wilayah menyebabkan...

Conversion of agricultural land into built-up land is a regional economic development mechanism, where to increase Gross Domestic Product can be done by allocating the widest possible pattern of space designation "industry, trade and settlement", the implication is the conversion of agricultural land into built-up land. land (rice fields) increases...

The number of passengers on the Indonesian urban rail network (KRL Jabodetabek) continues to increase from year to year, causing problems like passenger overcapacity at stations and on trains. The safety and security of KRL needs to be improved by managing the demand for KRL passengers. This paper aims to predict the number of passengers, trains, a...

According to The State of Indonesia’s Forest 2020 report, 23.96 M ha of peat ecosystems in Indonesia are currently damaged. Peat ecosystems have a high level of vulnerability to landscape changes. Some of the main functions of peatland are ecological conservation, energy, and agriculture. One of major agricultural activities on peatland is oil palm...

After decentralization, there was massive development in Jakarta megacity’s outer suburbs (JMOS), especially in Bekasi and Tangerang regencies, marked by large-scale industrial estate/park (LSIEP) and followed by new town developments. However, this process led to the emergence of “chaotic” urban-rural land patterns. This study sought to identify t...

Each motor vehicle produces a variety of noise. For areas which directly intersects the highway this noise has a considerable impact. The volume of motorcycles and private as well as public vehicles all have a significant effect on noise. From all analytical calculations, the largest equation was obtained one the second day of research on the secon...

Forest area is the largest and most important part of the territory of the Republic of Indonesia but still faces many challenges, including deforestation, forest fires, peat swamp degradation and poverty of local communities due to horizontal and vertical forestry conflicts. This paper focuses on the analysis of forestry development based on spatia...

The West-East corridor is one of the main gateways to enter West Sumatra Province. The West-East corridor, which passes through 65 districts, has a variety of potentials and problems. This means, the growth rate of each district will be different. The growth rate and strength of the relationship among regions can be observed through the gravity mod...

Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L) is a superior commodity in the Leuwiliang agropolitan area, Bogor. However, currently mangosteen is only sold for export and local markets. This study aims (1) to analyze economic feasibility and changes in economic sensitivity and (2) analyze the value added of existing mangosteen derivative products and alternat...

Electric trains (KRL) provide services to residents living in Jabodetabek, one of the world's most significant regions. Although KRL is used daily by about 973,366 residents to carry out their activities, some factors influence its usage. Therefore, this study aims to identify the critical elements that affect train services and the patterns of rel...

The purpose of development in the border area of Kalimantan Corridor is not only physical, and infrastructure development, but the development must reduce poverty, regional disparities, economic disparities, increase income and improve people's welfare. This research was conducted in the border area of the Kalimantan Corridor, which has a direct bo...

There are different characteristics distinguishing a region from the others, thereby, leading to the diversities in the regional potentials and problems as well as the strategic regional development policies to be implemented. The East-West Corridor is one of the eleven provincial strategic economic areas in West Sumatra. It covers nine regencies o...

The characteristics of mountain villages are very different from valley villages and plain villages, but socioeconomically and environmentally related to each other. This study aims to analyze the level of development of physical facilities in mountain villages, analyze the village development index based on the dimensions of village development, a...

Transportation modeling in the concept of movement generation is connecting one characteristic with other characteristics. Such as socioeconomic characteristics with movement behavior from one zone to another. The transportation system is a form of interrelatedness between actors within its scope such as users, goods, infrastructure and facilities...

A merging of Jakarta and Bandung metropolitans influence the development of the areas around them. Consequently, people are migrating to the cities caused an increasing population. It leads to experiencing uncontrolled advancement and arising problems. One of them is the raising land demand for settlement development, but the land is limited. There...

This study investigates the density level of the Jabodetabek KRL stations and routes and the spatial pattern of the Jabodetabek KRL. The method used is spatial autocorrelation calculation using the Moran's Index putting on data PT KCI from 2014 through 2020, spatial data from BIG, and BPS population data. The study results show that the stations an...

The urban form is the physical configuration of a city, developed over time and space. Urban form can be considered at different scales, from region to neighborhood, each carrying a different focus. North Cianjur serves as the hinterland and one of the conurbation corridors of the Jakarta–Bandung Mega-Urban Region, meaning that the balance between...

p>The increase in urban transportation in the 2000s era was very high. The use of motorized vehicles during the pandemic has decreased slightly with the government's ban on traveling out of town, including the 2020 homecoming and 2021 homecoming. Most people who travel are in the city center, including the city of Bogor and Bogor district. The trav...

Spatial Planning (RTRW) is a policy direction and strategy for using regional space used as a reference by the Governments. Inconsistencies often occur between current land use (LU) and spatial planning. The research focus is a similar land use in villages/ kelurahan on the border of the two regions. Similar land use is essential to compare inconsi...

The abandoned land and indicated abandoned land are considered critical land or land that is less productive. Those lands covered about 13,000 ha of Bogor Regency area, with the critical land area of around 93,467.51 ha (32%). To reduce the area of critical land and increase land productivity in Bogor can be done by optimizing the abandoned land fo...

Pada tahun 1990, usaha budidaya ikan kerapu dengan menggunakan karamba jaring apung (KJA) mulai dikembangkan untuk memenuhi permintaan pasar. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengkaji kesesuaian lahan dan zonasi perairan terhadap daya dukung fisik kawasan teluk lampung untuk budidaya ikan kerapu di KJA. Penilaian kesesuaian berdasarkan pada aspek fisik, ki...

p>The density of motorized vehicles, especially motorcycles on the highway, is getting higher. However, in line with the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, it has an impact on the decrease in the number of motorized vehicles on the highway. The density of motorcycles has a significant effect on noise, from all analysis calculations, the largest equation is ob...

The land border area in Indonesia is a strategic area from a social, economic, political, cultural, and security perspective. The arrangement and development of the border area as a strategic area are needed to synchronize the policies of the central and regional governments. Even though it has several problems, currently, the development of the bo...

Although uneven regional development has long been an issue in Java, most parts of the territory experienced an increased level of development over the last two decades. Due to the variance in local background and spatial heterogeneity, the driving factors of the development level should, theoretically, vary over space. Therefore, in this study, we...

The Puncak area is administratively located in Bogor Regency, West Java Province. Its function has been designated as an area to support the ecological sustainability of the Megacity Jakarta area, which is the capital of the Republic of Indonesia. So that land use based on its land capability is very important to pay attention to in managing this a...

The main problem of cities in Indonesia is transportation, one of which is traffic. Motorized vehicle traffic that passes through a network affects the road's ability. Traffic flows and patterns of movement of urban residents are very diverse. Road handling is based on the high volume of vehicles, traffic density and the impact on the low speed. Th...

p>The development of transportation is increasing rapidly from year to year in accordance with existing technological developments, currently transportation plays an important role in human life, roads are the means of transportation that play the most role in this, along with the increasing volume of passing vehicles as well as road widening of co...

The high number of commuters in Bogor Regency has triggered the development of settlements at transit areas. In addition, Bogor Regency is also connected to rail-based mass public transportation in the Jabodetabek area which supports the mobility of its population. This study aims to identify the suitability of a transit area to be developed with T...

This study aims to analyze the structural relationship between travel constraints and destination image on tourist loyalty. This was conducted in July-August 2019 in Tenjolaya Subdistrict and Pamijahan Subdistrict. The analysis using the PLS SEM method gives the result that the X3 construct (travel constraint) has a significant negative effect (-0....

The state forest existence is expected to provide maximum benefits for the people's prosperity. This study identified the forest state existence through a land tenure structure in Segah District Berau Regency East Kalimantan Province. It also described a portrait of rural development including the condition of infrastructure and community income/ex...