Playgrounds as urban public spaces are intended to explore cognitive, motoric, and social interaction abilities. Playgrounds must be inclusive as a justice space for children to create effective usage of playgrounds through a behavior-setting approach. In 2018, Semarang City received an award as an Intermediate Child-Friendly City. Tembalang is one of the areas in Semarang City with children growth of about 44% of the total population of Tembalang in 2018. In Tembalang, there are nine playground locations as the focus of this research. This research aims to examine the effectiveness of inclusive playground usage for children through the behavior-setting approach in Tembalang. The research method is quantitative descriptive. It is conducted by interviewing children as users to assess playground effectiveness usage based on the connection with nature, physical activities, and social interaction aspects. Based on the analysis, it shows that the playgrounds are not effective based on the connection with natural aspect; 40% children cannot see animal activities (such as flying birds, swimming fish, and jumping frogs) and they cannot play with natural responsive material (such as playing sands, fishing, making tree music, and throwing stones into the water). On the other hand, the playgrounds have already been used effectively based on the physical activities aspect; 51% of children can run around, jump around, and play in the playground zone. Likewise, based on the social interaction aspect, it is indicated that the playgrounds have already been used effectively; 53% of children can create meeting ground and space for children’s learning to greet each other. As a result, the effectiveness of inclusive playground usage in Tembalang still needs to improve to be sustainable to accommodate children’s activities in urban public spaces.
The development of the University of Diponegoro as one of the biggest universities in Indonesia is signed by the increasing of the students’ number. The increasing of this students’ number has also been followed by the rising of students’ rooms demand and all of students’ facilities. These students resided in the settled settlement that inhabited by the Tembalang’s local community. As a consequence, their existence influences the local community and shapes the neighbourhood differently. Then, it causes the studentification process. Studentification is a process which presence of the students replaces the local community and influences the neighbourhood both in physical and social economic aspect. The identification of studentification in Tembalang was conductedby in-depth interview and field observation. Analysis showed that studentification in Tembalang included as the third wave studentification that signed by a great students’ movement along with campus centralization in Tembalang and many private landlords that invested in boarding house business. Competition to provide the boarding house between the local community, private investors (individual), students’flat, and a private students’ apartment made the existence of local community more pressed.
Critical land has become a problem in the world. Critical land is very detrimental to the health of the land. Several factors cause the land to become critical. One of them is the use of land that is not by the capabilities of the land. If no repairs made, the land will be physically, chemically, and biologically damaged. Klaten Regency is one of the regencies in Central Java Province, which has quite extensive critical land. It is necessary to monitor and improve land quality regularly to avoid critical land problems. Data and information on critical land obtained from Klaten Regency processed into a decision support system. Decision Support System uses a combination of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Technique For Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methods. In this research, a Web-based Decision Support System created to determine the critical land area in Klaten Regency. The information system created has an alternative menu and criteria that determine the potential of critical land in Klaten Regency, making it easier for users to obtain information.
Permukiman pesisir merupakan daerah dengan tingkat kerentanan yang tinggi, baik dari segi banjir, gelombang pasang, penurunan muka tanah, maupun ancaman dari perubahan iklim. Permukiman di Kecamatan Pekalongan Utara merupakan bagian dari wilayah pesisir, yang juga sedang berjuang mengatasi masalah banjir dan pasang surut. Upaya pemerintah saat ini cenderung responsif terhadap masalah saat ini, dan tidak ada upaya adaptif yang melihat dampak jangka panjang. Oleh karena itu, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan penerapan konsep Water Sensitive Urban Design untuk mewujudkan permukiman pesisir yang tangguh. Konsep Water Sensitive Urban Design merupakan salah satu upaya yang didasarkan pada karakteristik pesisir. Metode penelitian ini yaitu deskriptif kuantitatif digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi karakteristik permukiman dan merumuskan arah desain untuk penerapan konsep Water Sensitive Urban Design. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penerapan konsep Water Sensitive Urban Design di Kecamatan Pekalongan Utara dapat berupa penataan batas sungai di Sungai Loji, penyediaan kolam penyimpan udara di hilir sungai, dan pemasangan sistem panen air hujan.
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