Vol. 18 No. 2 (2007)

In the last decade, water is recognized as having economic value. However, the need to conserve water and allocate ¡t to more valuable uses has not always been evident. Meanwhile, the availability of water resources is being threatened by explosive growth of urban activities, uncontrolled industrialization, and expanding population lacking proper sanitation. Perception of drinking water as a social service probably springs from the necessity of water for life. Is has been taken for granted that all people should be guaranteed this vital water as part of their human rights. However, there is a…

After years of experiences, to day we witnesses that the practices of decentralization concept tend to be far away from its main concepts: that is to strengthen hen and develop local values through people involvement in the development process. In the names of local needs, initiatives and power, decentralization today is used as a vehicle for exploiting local resources at all cost. Destruction of traditional and vernacular spaces and territory is one of most tangible fact that we could ¡dent ij5

This article is aimed at explaining the relation between urban road system and need and possibility for the development of pedestrian facilities. Literature review is conducted to formulate need and possibility for the development of pedestrian facilities. Empirical study is conducted to structure the problems of the development of pedestrian facilities, to identify the need based on the existing road system, and to formulate the possibility in the future. The results show us that the need for the development of pedestrian facilities based on the existing road system can be identified based…

Local Economic Development (LED) approach is an alternative for development country like Indonesia. Strategy, programe, and activity of LED have strength besides its weaknesses of the implementation. LED have five fundamental constrain in its implementation, such as politics, strategics, expertises, finance, and operational. All of these should be concerned on its implementation, not only in formulating but also in implementing and controlling of LED programes. Some important weakness at implementation of LED are needs of thought and action commitment such as priority scale tasks, bridging…