Vol. 9 No. 2 (1998)

The financial crisis starting from July 1997 has become an unparalleled problem for the New Order government, leading to its down falL Before the crisis, Indonesia did not have a reliable regime of accumulation. At the same time, rapid engagement with globalization was not accompanied by adjustments in modes of regulation. External and internal factors have contributed to the current crisis which cannot be resolved without a ma/or overhaul in the national system. It requires total changes in the paradigm and culture.

Shifts of planning thoughts in the academia from the rational tradition towards new directions that was witnessed in (lie decade of 1980s, seemed to have more serious attention in this era of globalization, In order to delineate the future directions of planning theories, education, and profession, this article tries to review some of the major philosophical thoughts and their influence on the development of planning thoughts, education, and profession. Theocentrism, utopianism, positivism, rationalism, and phenomenology are five major philosophical thoughts which have shown through history…

I do not believe that civilizations are fated to break down, so I begin by exposing the fallacious arguments of the determinists. Having rejected determinist explanations, I look for an alternative. I find that the very process by which growth is sustained is inherently risky: the creative leadership of a society has to resort to social

Allocating new low income housing could be challenging particularly in large cities which emphasize profit-making activities. For urban planners in Toronto, selling up government interventions should be conjoined with the Ontario

The implementation of physical development does not always in harmony with the spatial plan. Diversion in function or spatial use can occur due to various factors such as operational factor, administrative/political factor and market development. This condition indicated that spatial use control is needed in order to achieve consistency between spatial use and spatial plan. This article will discuss practical approach n actions needed in monitoring and controlling spatial use, including the granting of development permit. Since the scope of discussion is intended for Kabupaten Dati II…

The field of quantitative planning analysis concerns with collecting, organizing and interpreting data to support planning processes, including analysis of category data. It is an appropriate methods to analyze discrete data. This analysis, also called as tabulation analysis, is used to determine whether the variables are related to one another or independent, and to measure the extent of their association. To use this cross tabulation analysis, the types of measurement data and the types of categorical data should be understood. This analysis is carried out by determining if the observation…

Public participation has become an important part in development, including urban deve1opnent. This participation is important because development is from the people, by the people and for the people. Only people who know exactly what they want and need. Indonesia already has two general regulations concerning public participation, Law No. 24/1992 on Spatial Planning and Government Regulation No. 6911996 on the Implementation of the Public Rights and Obligation, and the Format and Procedure for Public Participation in Spatial Planning. This article discusses the experience of The Hague, The…