Place Attachment Index of Landowners in Pandaan Sub-District, Pasuruan Regency, Indonesia

Land-use change occurs alongside the socio-economic, political, social and cultural conditions. Social condition is described as a sense of place or attachment to the place. Attachments to places arise because of changes, conceptualized as emotional links between humans and their environment. The classification of place attachment index indicates the score of three variables on five dimensions which explaines the people's expectation to defend their land. The aim of this study is to determine resident's opinion about the desire to maintain their land in Pandaan Sub-District using the place attachment index. This index consists of three variables: (1) place identity and place dependence; (2) community context (friend bonding and family bonding); (3) and natural environmental context (natural bonding). The research's result shows the score of variables: the place identity (75.88), place dependence (72.50), family bond (76.82), friend bond (72.82) and nature bond (76.97). All of these scores conclude that the place attachment index is on high class group with the average value is more than 73.33. It means that the residents in Pandaan Sub-District attach great importance of their land and have an emotional connection with their surroundings to maintain the sustainability of their village.