Spatial Transformation of Democratized into Liberalized Commercial Area in the Street Corridors of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The Transformation From Residential to Commercial Space Towards Dynamic Space Formation in Central Jakarta

“…Moreover, spatial arrangement is directly related to the land or earth, which is static, never shifts an inch but has the ability dynamically generate community activities. In line with the principle of democracy being politically practised in Indonesia, reference was made to previous research by Haryanto, Soetomo, and Bukhori (2017) where the democratic spatial pattern means that the space creations are through democratic processes and observed to be different from those created by non-democratic actions such as social processes where there is no individual ownership or equal use of space by individuals. Democratic spaces are, therefore, usually used for public or democratic activities.…”

“…The physical development of big and medium cities in Indonesia has been very fast as observed in the changes in old spaces to perform modern functions and lateral expansion of the city (Passoneau in Roger, 2005;Haryanto, Soetomo, Bukhori, 2017). There are also other relatively rapid changes which are beyond the expectations of the original plan for the spatial functions as observed with the emergence of commercial activities in the areas initially planned for housing and settlements, especially along the main corridors and interconnected street lanes being used as residential space (P, Acero, K. Cabas, C. Caycedo, P. Figueroa, 2020; Lazim & Said, 2020).…”