The Effect of Land Conversion Policy on Environment and Socio-economic Factors in the Keramasan Region of Palembang City

Data on changes and impacts of development activities on environmental/physical, social, and economic aspects can be used as academic texts in formulating a development policy for integrated swamp areas with watersheds. The study was conducted in the Keramasan area, Kertapati, Palembang City, which is an urban area affected by the conversion of swamp functions. The interview process and in-depth interviews of the informants. This type of research is descriptive qualitative with inductive reasoning. Data collection techniques through community observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. Primary data in the research process is information obtained by researchers directly through the first source/informants/community. The negative and positive impacts of swamp function conversion on environmental, social, and economic components constitute the increase in income, lowering the quality of river water, and increase in the amount of runoff. The negative impacts, after all, need to be managed so that the development process can continue to run with an emphasis on environmental aspects. Changes in land use patterns, surface water quality, runoff, changes in community attitudes and perceptions, and public opinion conditions must be managed and considered because these factors have a real impact on changing both positively and negatively.