Green Infrastructure Development in Cisangkuy Subwatershed, Bandung Regency: Potential and Problems

Green infrastructure (GI) development is able to deliver multiple benefits to economic, social, and especially environment. Nevertheless adoption of GI measures faces some problems. The objective of this paper is to explore the potential and problems of GI development in Cisangkuy Subwatershed, Bandung Regency. The methods used in this research are modeling and stakeholder interview. The result of analysis shows that there are four kind of green infrastructure to be developed, which are infiltration basin (7,037.22 ha), vegetated filter strip (1,511.12 ha), dry pond (839.57 ha) and bioretention (418,58 ha). Based on stakeholder interview, the development of green infrastructure is limited only to bioretention (43.75 ha) and infiltration basin (5,930.58 ha) due to the problem of land ownership. Another problem is such measures have not been stated in spatial plan.