Limestone mining is a problem in the karst area because it causes environmental degradation, social change from the agrarian to industrial, and conflicts among stakeholders. Therefore, the limestone mining is not only identified as the environmental damage problems but also environmental management problems. The article aimed to explain an overview of the mining conflicts in the karst region. On the other hand, this study also provided a new approach in understanding the conflicts of mining. The study was conducted using qualitative descriptive analysis. Analyses were performed using stakeholder mapping and potential conflicts between stakeholders. The mapping results were contextualized using field and capital approach of Pierre Bourdieu theory. The approach used to understand the direction of conflicts and capital contestation of each author. The capital analysis showed that the government, namely the Energy and Mineral Resources in various levels of bureaucracy has the dominant capital in the arena of limestone mining in Ponjong District because it has a complete capital and outperforms of the other actors. It concludes that the differences types of capital affect the actors to take the position in an arena and each actor who has a robust capital sought to accumulate the capital to attain the main capital.

Capital city relocation issue is currently emerging due to the condition and problem Indonesia encounters. Study toward some cases of capital city relocation could be crucial input for analysis and comparison. This paper aims to review capital city relocation examples. Literature review shows there are variances in background and driving factors internally or externally, and infrastructure needs for city development. The driving factors consist of environmental pressure, pollution, urban heat island, housing, urban sprawl, and disaster. The infrastructures required for the development of a new capital city are information and communication technology (ICT), physical infrastructure, transportation, and open green space. From the analysis, Myanmar’s Yangon to Naypyidaw relocation and Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya relocation are the best practices in capital city development that boosts new activities and urban extension. Burma shows the infrastructure’s role in development of a new capital city and Kuala Lumpur reveals how ICT implementation helps to establish a new capital city. This paper is expected to fill the research gap from previous research in terms of reviews related to the need for ICT in capital city preparation. This indicates that this paper has followed the trend of ICT advancement. The next research and publication will strengthen the use of ICT as one of the variables.

A study of karst land use and land cover dynamics is critical for managing karst areas, which provide many pivotal services for people. This study aims to study such dynamics, especially in relation to the karst of Gunung Sewu, due to its development as a new emerging sector. Using a mixed methods approach, the study combines spatial data analysis with qualitative analysis. Spatial analysis was performed to examine the dynamic of the land cover derived from 2013 and 2021 Landsat 8 imagery, analyzed with the Google Earth Engine tool, together with analysis of spatial patterns using Global Moran’s I and LISA. The spatial analysis results were complemented by a qualitative analysis of the environmental history and development trends, as an explanatory method. The land cover analysis reveals a conversion from vegetation to agriculture, while the spatial pattern analysis shows that such conversion has mostly taken place in the northern part of the study area of Wonosari Basin. The environmental history of teak forest exploitation and agriculture is key to understanding current land use related to the emerging tourism sector, which is fundamental to the region. To manage the negative impacts, sustainable land use with a firm policy framework urgently needs to be implemented.

Karst of Sangkulirang Mangkalihat is one of the greatest karst areas in Indonesia and has hundreds of caves. Some of those caves are located at Suaran Block, one of the main karst block at this karst. This paper aims to study the speleogenesis process, as the fundamental process on karst landscape and cave development in that area. Speleogenetic process can be examined from the shape of the cave passage using uniformitarianism approach. That principle creates speleomorphology as the study of cave passage form and the factors that affect it. The examination of the cave passages uses cave maps to see the form and direction of them. As the result, caves at Suaran Block are formed mainly driven by geological structures such as fault – fissures and bedding plane which is indicated by linear form of the cave passage and water flow which shows sinusoidal form of the cave passage. Some caves are shaped by the combination of geological structure and water flows make them have mixed-induced speleogenesis.

Gunung Sewu’s karstic aquifer characteristic of fracture-fissure water conduit leads to pollution problem in the water resources. One main source of water used is the Baron Spring. This study aims to analyze the water quality of the Baron Spring toward the land use in the catchment area and provide recommendations for spatial planning and water management in certain area. This research used spatial analysis of GIS and water quality was analyzed by Pollution Index. The results showed that the Baron Spring was in a mild contaminated state with amount of TSS was 97,1 mg/L, bicarbonate 96 mg/L, total coliform 210 MPN/100ml, and total oil and fat 2 mg/L which have exceeded the water source quality standards. Those results are related with the land use in the catchment area where settlement is dense in the upstream, also because of the distribution of settlement and sinkhole in the middle-part of catchment. In coping with the contamination and pollution several strategies are urged to be designed and implemented. Strategies comprised by two approaches, socio-cultural and spatial approach. Each of the approaches is linked and should not be separated. Management of catchment including stakeholder involvement and spatial planning are essential to be considered.