Rencana pengembangan koridor sungai ciliwung di jakarta sebagai kawasan ekowisata perkotaan

Abstract

Sungai Ciliwung merupakan sungai terpanjang yang melintas di tengah Kota Jakarta. Bentuk sungai yang berkelok-kelok secara alami, serta topografi bantaran sungai yang berbukit di bagian hulu Kota Jakarta merupakan daya tarik yang potensial untuk dikembangkan menjadi sumber daya wisata, serta dapat meningkatkan citra Kota Jakarta. Walau demikian, usaha untuk mengembangkan sungai Ciliwung menjadi kawasan wisata menemui banyak kendala, terutama terkait dengan kekumuhan. Penyebabnya adalah adanya perubahan penggunaan lahan menjadi pemukiman yang berdampak negatif pada kondisi fisik lingkungan, kualitas air sungai, dan kualitas estetika lingkungan sungai. Bertolak dari hal tersebut maka penelitian ini merancang perencanaan untuk pengembangan koridor sungai Ciliwung menjadi kawasan wisata berkonsep ekowisata perkotaan. Secara spesifik tujuan penelitian ini mencakup (1) identifikasi potensi sumber daya kawasan untuk pengembangan ekowisata, (2) analisis potensi sumber daya wisata kawasan, dan (3) merencanakan pengembangan koridor Sungai Ciliwung sebagai urban ecotourism area.

Ciliwung River is the longest river passing in the centre of Jakarta, Capital City of Indonesia. Its history and existence are very important to the community life as well as urban landscape. Now days, along the river, there are various problems such land use change, cleanliness, flood hazards and water pollutions. The objective of this research was to evaluate the river’s potential area for developing the river area to be urban ecotourism by identifying its tourism resources, analyzing its tourism objects and attractions, and planning the development of Ciliwung’s river corridor. The field observation was conducted in January 2007. A qualitative method was carried out to analyze data. The research of these data analyze, then, was overlaid in order to get a potential zone for urban ecotourism. The research results show that only some part of the upstream Ciliwung River is classified as suitable zone with a very high potency for developing urban ecotourism, the middle part as a lower one, and the downstream as moderate one. Planning for the development of urban ecotourism is made for every zone according to its potential classification which are the highest will become the centre of development.