DOI: 10.5176/2425-0112_UPPD15.31
Authors: Aurelia Chan Hui-En, Brendan Lim, Ee Hui Jie, Jezamine Chua Zihui, Priscilla Teh and Oliver Heckmann
Abstract:More people have been moving into cities, and cities in Developing Countries are projected to rapidly expand their footprint, posing a significant planning challenge. To accommodate the growing population, cities worldwide will burgeon, incorporating vast areas of peripheral land. Correspondingly, in the Sukoharjo region, more and more agricultural land is being converted for commercial and industrial uses. A development framework is crucial to anticipate this expansion. The planning of streets is fundamental, not only to guide infrastructure development such as water, sewage and other basic services in often overcrowded spaces, but also to facilitate the provision of efficient modes of public transportation, while providing a sufficient supply of land and maintaining its affordability for the masses. Our research methodology comprises an on-site analysis of the suburbanization process in the Sukoharjo region of Central Java, Indonesia by identifying development patterns within and around villages during a 10-day design workshop with Indonesian undergraduates from Universitas Sebelas Maret, students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Design and Technische Universität Berlin in the campus of Universitas Sebelas Maret in Surakarta City (Solo). Using social, economic and environmental impacts as pillars to frame our analysis of observations, this research strives to find an integrated framework for sustainable urban expansion. This scheme focuses on integrating and extending existing qualities of villages to sustain and diversify future urban expansion. It can then be adapted to other areas undergoing similar growth patterns near Solo. The paper closes with a proposal for encouraging maximal growth without compromising on livability factors important to the region: walkability, accessibility and social cohesion.
Keywords: urban expansion, social segregation, sustainable development in villages
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