Analysis of urban agriculture sustainability in Metropolitan Jakarta (case study: urban agriculture in Duri Kosambi)

The rapid process of urbanization and urban development in West Jakarta will surely cause various urban problems such as the insufficient provision of food. Urban agriculture in West Jakarta can be seen as one of the supply sources of food and alternatives to household food security, one of the productive activities of urban open space, source of income and employment opportunities, and improve the quality of urban environment. This paper aims to analyze the sustainability status of urban agriculture in Metropolitan Jakarta. Multi Dimensional Scaling (MDS) is used for the analysis of the sustainability status. The result showed that the sustainability status of urban agriculture in West Jakarta on the existing conditions in almost all dimension classified as less sustainable and only institutional and technological dimension is quite sustainable. This existing condition is necessary intervention in raising the sustainability status of urban agriculture in Metropolitan Jakarta. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.