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Sustainable City ManagementIntroduction to Surakarta (Solo)

Sustainable City Management: Introduction to Surakarta (Solo) [The medium-sized Indonesian city Surakarta (Solo) is internationally recognized for its policies of managing the informal sector. For addressing and critically assessing these policies, specific quantitative and qualitative methods are used (mainly semi-structured expert interviews, a household survey, mappings and statistical analyses). In the first section, these methods as well as the applied research process are described in detail. Based on the collected data, subsequently the city is introduced in its spatial and administrative setting as well as in its social and economic framework conditions. Specific interest is given to the housing sector. The general settlement structure and housing conditions are described, current challenges and the spatial location of slum and squatter settlements are identified. For a systematic assessment of the location of Solo’s slum areas, a GIS-based analysis approach is developed and applied, resulting in a map indicating the probability of slums for each of Solo’s neighbourhoods. Finally, all the collected information is merged in a qualitative description of the city’s spatial and functional patterns.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Sustainable City ManagementIntroduction to Surakarta (Solo)

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-49417-3
Pages
111 –133
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-49418-0_6
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[The medium-sized Indonesian city Surakarta (Solo) is internationally recognized for its policies of managing the informal sector. For addressing and critically assessing these policies, specific quantitative and qualitative methods are used (mainly semi-structured expert interviews, a household survey, mappings and statistical analyses). In the first section, these methods as well as the applied research process are described in detail. Based on the collected data, subsequently the city is introduced in its spatial and administrative setting as well as in its social and economic framework conditions. Specific interest is given to the housing sector. The general settlement structure and housing conditions are described, current challenges and the spatial location of slum and squatter settlements are identified. For a systematic assessment of the location of Solo’s slum areas, a GIS-based analysis approach is developed and applied, resulting in a map indicating the probability of slums for each of Solo’s neighbourhoods. Finally, all the collected information is merged in a qualitative description of the city’s spatial and functional patterns.]

Published: Jan 5, 2017

Keywords: Solo; Surakarta; Research methods; Housing situation; Slums; Squatters; GIS-analysis

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