Vol. 16 No. 2 (2005)

Positivistic methodology has a very determining role in the development of modern science. To begin with, science is applied only to the physical universe. Science began to focus on this physical world and quickly flourished into a philosophical position that was quickly embraced as the reigning worldview for the modern age. This view further advocated an empirical skepticism in which nothing about the universe "“ seen as objects "“ should be believed unless it was shown by quantitative experiment to exist without question. Other human experiences of qualitative nature are outside the…

The Government of Indonesia has pursued the strategy of dispersed development to address the issue of environmental degradation, to reduce the concentration of development in one major center, in order to achieve a sustainable urban form. The effectiveness of this strategy is being questioned, since the "deconcentration" of development fails to achieve its objective due to the absence of sound implementation tools and the market forces. The expansion of urban areas not only has characterized the development of Java in the last couple decades, bitt at the same time the decrease of rural areas…

This paper aims at exploring the connection between rationality and power, also the role needed to be taken by planners in the era of democratization of planning. This study will use phonetic planning research approach. This will cover epicentrism analysis, technique and will involve judgment and decision made by political actors involved. The analysis conducted will include rationality of relation and power, political moves by the actors that led to the interpretation of planner