Vol. 28 No. 1 (2017)

. Regional development involves optimizing the utilization of the region

. Community-Driven Development is a social planning concept aimed at changing the behaviour and attitude of marginalized communities in other to empower them. This means with their own ability they can collectively solve social and economic problems in their environment. By using various participatory approaches, that are considered most suitable in the postmodern planning era, this development concept is expected to increase the welfare of underprivileged communities. This concept is also applied in the development of traditional communities, especially for customary tradition communities,…

. Place identity is associated with the common ways of recognizing and remembering certain places different from others by the public. Batik and lurik culture in Klaten could serve as a local identity because of its historic tradition and is socially formed by society. An existing problem is that the development of batik and lurik in Klaten is more oriented to economic aspects and not for preserving cultural aspects. This study aims to analyze the role of batik and lurik in forming a local identity in Klaten Regency based on community perceptions. The study used mixed methods including the…

. Indonesia became the country with the highest number dengue cases in Asia, with as many as 80.065 cases, according to data by the United Nations in 2010. Dengue fever has killed hundreds, posing a threat to society against vector-based diseases, especially to those who are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The vulnerability of society will depend on their adaptive capacity in preventing or responding to an increased risk of disease transmission. In the efforts to increase resistance to the dengue risk, it will be difficult when only relying on increasing the quality of human…

. The increase in density and urban activity has led to spatial expansion towards the urban periphery. Peri-urban areas that originally were rural areas, gradually turn into typical urban settlement areas. This transformation is followed by an increase in economic land value which is characterized by an increase in land price. This study examines the meaning of the increase in economic land value for the government as an effect of the spatial transformation in the periphery area of Bandung City and the northern part of Cimahi. This study uses quantitative-qualitative mixed methods. Primary…