Community-based spatial arrangement for sustainable village environmental improvement – case study of Candirejo Village, Borobudur, Indonesia

This study focuses on the effect of spatial arrangement initiated by village community on environmental improvement. It takes Candirejo Village in Borobudur, Magelang Regency in Indonesia as a case study. Candirejo Village, located about 3 km south east of UNESCO world heritage list Borobudur Temple, has been renowned as an ecotourism village since 2003. Previous research shows that it has a long history to reach the current achievement. The initiative started around 1980 through a yard cleaning program and planting more productive trees and greeneries inside the settlement area. This study aims to reveal how this community-based spatial arrangement has brought positive effects on the village environment. It uses qualitative method by using and analysing data gathered through field observation, interviews and literature study. The finding shows that the implementation of yard cleaning and spatial arrangement program had resulted better condition which leads to sustainable village environmental improvement. 3444