Spatial Planning for Natural Resource Utilization based on an Adaptive Multifunctional Approach: Integrating Ecological Protection, Community and Business in Routa, Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi

In this research, it is investigating spatial planning strategies in Routa District, a karst region of Southeast Sulawesi with high ecologic and socio-economical complexity. We aim toward building an adaptive spatial planning model that combines ecological conservation, community use and industrial growth. The study blends GIS analysis, site surveys and field interviews with participatory mapping within a mixed-method approach. The zoning strategy is a multifunctional landscape and sustainable development oriented process that takes into account karst characteristics, landscape forms (land use patterns) with socio-ecological dynamics. Successful implementation can only be achieved with an adaptive approach and includes active stakeholder participation along with local knowledge integration. Finally, spatial planning in Router must reconcile biodiversity maintenance of karst ecosystem, capacitating community and economy development through collaborative governance. In this sense, the model provides a novel framework for socio-ecological approaches to karst regions outside of Indonesia.