Banjar Adat and Local Wisdom: Community Management For Public Space Sustainability in Bali Province

Abstract

"Bali has abundant common resources, including Bale Banjar, lumbung desa, Pelaba Pura Area, Public Cemetery, coastal region and forest. As so far, the public space was managed by banjar adat, that is community that living in an area and tied together due to common praying place e.g Pura Puseh, Pura Dalem and Pura Desa. Each banjar adat has strcictly bonding rules for each member that known as awig-awig. Even there is silent conflict among group in the banjar adat however the existence of public space still well maintained. The paper try to expose public space management pattern in Hindu community Bali and the own wisdom in relationship with conservation of physical and social environment. Result of analytical study indicated that norms rigidity is the most important factor for the successfully of Balinese to maintain public space that managed by the community. Norm's rigidity tends to encourage sustainable activities in social living, resources and environment conservation and believe in God. Frequency of Balinese in common activities at each banjar adat is minimally 12 times for six months. This make social control functioninf effectively especially on the behaviour of banjar adat member that deviate or destory common property resources that own by banjar adat."