CRITICAL LEGAL ANALYSIS OF WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN TOURISM REGIONS: EXAMINING REGULATORY UNINTENDED IMPACTS
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https://doi.org/10.33603/hermeneutika.v10i2.11436Keywords:
Water Resource Governance, Tourism, Regional Regulation, Ecological JusticeAbstract
The utilization of water resources for tourism activities in Kuningan Regency demonstrates increasing ecological pressure on springs, recharge zones, and the overall environmental carrying capacity, while Regional Regulation (Perda) No. 2 of 2013 on Tourism Administration fails to provide adequate regulatory instruments. In light of these conditions, this study poses two research questions: (1) how the utilization of water resources is regulated under Perda No. 2 of 2013 and to what extent such regulation is effective in protecting aquatic ecosystems; and (2) what constitutes an ideal legal model to prevent unintended impacts arising from water utilization by the tourism sector. The objective of this research is to formulate a regulatory model for water utilization capable of ensuring ecosystem sustainability and ecological justice through improvements to the regional legal framework. This study employs a normative juridical method using statutory, conceptual, and critical analytical approaches grounded in Klaus Bosselmann’s theory of ecological justice. The findings reveal that Perda No. 2 of 2013 does not regulate limits on water extraction, conservation obligations, protected spring zones, or licensing mechanisms for water utilization, thereby failing to prevent ecological degradation and inequitable access to water between tourism operators and local communities. The discussion underscores the need for an ecosystem based regulation model integrating the intrinsic value of nature, ecosystem integrity, ecological limits, and intergenerational responsibility as foundational normative principles.
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