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Locality and cultural identity aspects are very important to create humane cities in the midst of globalizing world. Kauman Semarang is the city’s cultural identity which has lasted for more than three centuries. Traditionally, Kauman is a village in downtown which reflects Moslem daily live. The physical and social characteristicschange are the reaction of modernization-capitalization pressure of the downtown. The purpose of the research is to find out how Kauman adapts to the incoming pressures. The research was based on ethnographic method by combining ideographic and architectural approaches. In the end of the research, it found that there is a spatial control having protective characteristic or a control of spatial protection conducted by the community. Socioreligious values have influenced in strengthening socio-religious space that produces immaterial products associated with the community’s mentality. Meanwhile, the modernization-capitalization pressures influence the form of significantly developed business-commercial space, and their products are eventually used to support the socio-religious activities. Spatial protection strategy is an answer for the problem of modernization-capitalization pressures in downtown. This finding could be a useful input for the preservation efforts at Kauman Semarang particularly and for cities having similar problems generally.

Globalization perspective considers the world as a large market, which requires the resources readiness as capital to be able to participate actively. Local culture is an important capital to create identity and social harmonization in constructing a better quality of life. In the 15th–16th century AD, the Java north coast of Indonesia was known for having several old towns with their important roles in spreading Islam. Centuries later the legend of Walisanga still greatly influences the people’s lives particularly in Demak. The Muslim community is living tradition in this area has become one of the identity of the city. The development in the last decades has shown significant impacts on the tourism sector. This phenomenon showed that there would be conflicts of interests between social-cultural sectors and economic sectors. In this kind of situation, the community must adapt spatial settings to accommodate their needs. The purpose of this article is to find the concept of spatial setting formed by economic, cultural and religious factors in this historical area. The locus is the Muslim settlements in Kadilangu Demak a site of Sunan Kalijaga’s heritage. This study that employed qualitative research methods, the three spatial concepts proposed are: (1) the identity space of local culture is strongly exists (2) the shift in the value of space, which has changed from the glory of the noble family tothe common people (3) the space for morality control, which functions as the control of community’s moral. The third concepts are local genius, which is significantly potential for tourism.

The mudflow disaster Lapindo in Sidoarjo Indonesia, that has occurred since 2006, until now still poses a risk of danger to residential settlements in the impacted areas. This study aims to make disaster risk analysis and land use changes in disaster impacted areas since before the disaster occurred until now. This research is expected to be very useful as a basis for developing spatial policies in the region. The method used is quantitative based on satellite imagery, then GIS-based data is analyzed quantitatively. GIS-based disaster risk analysis can be used as a reference in spatial revisions that can anticipate spatial regional developments, especially for the needs of residential settlements. Observations from satellite imagery show a very significant level of change in residential land which is now 42.1% and the level of disaster risk varies with the medium-high index. With the results of this study, in an effort to improve the resilience index of the region, planning the location of residential land should use land outside the impacted area in order to ensure the safety and security of the community.

Abstract. Semarang is one of big cities in Indonesia contains of multy ethnics. They traditionally settled down inside a group of villages. Kauman is the cultural heritage of Muslim settlement in Semarang. The peculiarity of local Muslims in Java's coastline and the strong social cohesion colour the people's daily life. Seochon in Seoul is a historic area and the home for more than 670 hanoks. In 2008, Seoul Metropolitan Government issued a conservation plan and recruited a team of architects and academics to observe and investigate Seochon's condition and discover the possibilities of conservation there. It turned out that Seochon has a great potential for revitalization. Nowadays, Seochon has become a tourism destination having both traditional and contemporary cultural value. This research aims to understand the efforts of preservation done by the government and public participation for the sake of preservation. This research used primary and secondary data and comparative study methods. Seochon village has been successful in developing preservation and preservation placed as the best example. The result of research showed that the conservation and preservation of Kauman needs a workable rules to manage and investigate the potential and resources. The result of this research could be used to any other cases similar to Kauman.