| dc.description.abstract | The data in this article describes the land use characteristics at
peri-urban and rural areas, on Jember District, in the Province of
East Java, Indonesia. The types of land use covered in the data are
agricultural and residential land. The data was a result of a
research collaboration between the Department of Agribusiness,
Department of Soil Science, and the Department of Agricultural
Extension in the University of Jember. The general purpose of the
data collection was to compare the characteristics of different land
use in the peri-urban and rural area. The data has been compiled to
investigate the economic rent of varying land use in peri-urban
and rural areas to explain the dynamic of farmland conversion,
and to investigate the farmland distribution among farmer in the
peri-urban area. The data contains technical and socio-economic
aspects of land use in peri-urban and rural areas. The data were
collected through structured interviews with farmers and homeowners
in each area. A total of 200 interviews were conducted to
100 farmers and homeowners. The location of each respondent
was recorded with the location-marking feature of the GPS to
represent the distribution of samples. The tracking feature of the
GPS was used to locate the physical infrastructure such as irrigation
canal, road, and market. In total, the data contained 29 variables and attached as the supplementary material of this data
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