Spatial Macro Pattern of Belandingan Bali Aga Village

Abstract

Fifteen Bali Aga Village is designated as a supporting village for geopark batur which has been declare as world geopark by UNESCO. One of the fifteen village is Belandingan village. Information about Belandingan village is difficult to obtain. Even though Belandingan village also keeps the uniqueness that is not inferior to other Bali aga villages. One of them is the uniqueness in the pattern of spatial. The purpose of this study was to identify the geographical character of Belandingan Village and identify the macro spatial pattern of Balandingan village as Bali Aga Mountain village. Research uses qualitative descriptive exploratory methods. Data were obtained through field’s observations, interviews and literature studies. The results showed that the village referred to the hills north of the village as the upstream of the village not the mount batur. The spatial macro pattern is based on the concept of tri hita karana and tri mandala. Keywords—Bali Aga mountain village; spatial pattern; Tri Mandala; Tri Hita Karana