An important finding based on observation through empowerment
activity of society showed that participation of people in organizing process of
development planning was so low. It could be seen in involvement to the social
interaction, the problem identification and the potency either in taking a decision
(solution) to solve a problem, effort implementation in overcoming an issue or
involvement process of society in evaluating the changes that occur in the
society. One of ways that quite relevant to review the condition of rural
environment is by applying Transect approach. This method was expected to
create a development planning system of village that is participatory in a
management process of available resource especially in the rural area. Transect is
one of the methods from Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). The result of this
research showed that Transect was a new thing in the society especially in a
development planning. Interaction process in society which occurred in
development planning was similar with Transect. This activity was similar when
doing an accompaniment to other people in a specific event. However, dominant
activity only happened in a deliberation which has been commonly conducted in
a tradition