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This study aimed to analyze the status and sustainability index of agropolitan areas in the highland tropical rainforest ecosystem. For the assessment of the sustainability status, this study uses the integration of a variety of operational indicators. Indicators were prepared consisting of rural development indicators, agropolitan performance indicators, and indicators of sustainable agriculture in the highland tropical rainforest ecosystem. The analysis used a modification of Rapfish by using multidimensional scaling method called RAP-Agrotropika. Results show that the status of multidimensional sustainability index is less sustainable. There are two dimensions that are less sustainable, namely, the environmental dimension (48.61) and the infrastructure and technology dimension (48.31). Dimensions of economic, social, and institutional sustainability status are quite sustainable with respective index values of 50.93, 50.08, and 56.71. Leverage attributes of each dimension were pesticides (environmental dimension); the proportion of employment in agricultural sector, development of farm-level price, and vegetable market (economic dimension); the level of knowledge about the environment (social dimension); rural community access to the centers of health and education services and the number of postharvest processing infrastructure (infrastructure and technology dimension); and the proportion of off-farm activities which were managed or owned by local communities (institutional dimension). To improve the sustainability status of the area, attention should be paid particularly to the leverage attributes.
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Fatkhiati, S., Hartoyo, D. (2018). Sustainability Assessment of Highland Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem: A Case of Selupu Rejang Agropolitan Area, Indonesia. In: McLellan, B. (eds) Sustainable Future for Human Security . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5430-3_3
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