Reclaiming the Street for Pedestrians as a Sustainable City Approach

Sustainable infrastructure has become a new trend that is encouraged in cities around the world. With the increasing population growth of large cities, such as Jakarta, the land use structure has been changing. The traffic management initiated by the provincial government, what we call “traffic evaporation,” is an attempt to reduce the congestion in Tanah Abang and polluted air from the predominance of cars in streets. Jatibaru Street has become a meeting space for diverse actors/users, including pedestrians from/to Tanah Abang Transit Station, hawkers, and microbuses (mikrolet). The traffic management approach used in Jatibaru can give insight into promoting the street as a public space to fulfil the vision of a livable city and future sustainability in Jakarta. The movement of goods, people, and vehicles gives meaning and purpose to the street as a space of cooperation between users. The aim of this paper is investigating the user response after the “traffic evaporation” approach was implemented and considering traffic management in Tanah Abang by observing the mapping of movement and spatial pattern of users. The focus of observation comprises pedestrians, mikrolet, hawkers. Through spatial ethnography, an emic approach, and space-time mapping, this study considers spatial user practices related to the meaning and function of space in Jatibaru Street

Application of Learning Model Learning Guided Discovery with Scientific Approach to Enhance Learning Competency Science Seventh Grade Students

Classroom management VII SMPN 2 Gunung Talang not fully in accordance with the demands of Curriculum 2013. One was the application of learning models, which have not been able to improve critical thinking and curiosity of learners. Lack of critical thinking skills and scientific attitudes of learners have an impact on learning outcomes IPA competence which is still below minimum completeness criteria (KKM). This study aims to determine the increase competence of learners in learning science by applying the learning model guided discovery learning in class VII SMPN 2 Gunung Talang.This type of research is classroom action research. The study consisted of three cycles. Each cycle consisted of three meetings. The subjects of this study are learners VII.i grade SMPN 2 Gunung Talang. Classroom action research design using a model Kemiss & Taggart, which each cycle consists of: planning(planning),action(action),observation(observing)and reflection(reflecting).The instrument used in this study is a test sheet of learners. Competence of learners is said to be completed individually, when reaching the KKM categories with 78, while classically when it reached 85%.The results showed that the competence of the knowledge of learners ranging from prasiklus until the third cycle is 63.33%, 70%, 80% and 90%. The completeness of competence attitudes of learners ranging from prasiklus until the third cycle is 62.71%, 69.3%, 77.08% and 85.67%. Meanwhile, for completeness of competence skills of learners ranging from prasiklus until the third cycle are 71.66%, 72.57%, 83.6% and 85.83%. Based on this, it can be concluded that an increase in the competence of learners in learning science by applying the learning model Guided Discovery Learning in class VII SMPN 2 Gunung Talang

Land Occupation, Re-occupation, and Housing Cooperative: Commune Formation by Jakarta’s Urban Poor

This article highlights the tension between direct actions and electoral politics to explain the formation of an urban poor settlement, often referred to as a kampungkota, an emerging term for settlements beyond the modern, planned part, in North Jakarta, Indonesia. The authors interpret kampungkota as a commune and unpack the process of commune formation with reference to the experience of Kampung Akuarium into three different yet interconnected parts. The first is direct action through land occupation by the urban poor in the 1980s. The second is direct re-occupation after the 2016 eviction and the joining-up of the settlers with a wider urban poor organization (the commune of communes). The third is the rebuilding and legalization of the commune, which is collectively managed through a housing cooperative, facilitated by a political contract in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election

Mapping an alternative community river: the case of the Ciliwung

Dense, self-built settlements along riverbanks within Asian cities are often excluded from the planning realm, which ensures governments lack knowledge of how particular communities function. The magnitude of land area and population, dynamic local economies, organic policy making processes, and scarcity and consistency of data challenge research on flood impacts and possible solutions in Asian cities. Resultantly, a deeper understanding of alternative and more dynamic forms of environmental management is necessary. The focus of this paper is to analyze the usefulness and challenges of participatory mapping in relation to urban floods, particularly community mapping and crowd-sourced mapping. This analysis is based on the assumption of participatory mapping discourse that participatory mapping increases communities\u27 negotiation power to improve their livelihood. This paper employs participant observation and ethnographic interviews within the Ciliwung River corridor in Jakarta. Specifically it focuses on activists and residents in river communities in relation to participatory community mapping exercises conducted since 2012 and a new crowd-sourced flood mapping system launched in December 2014. Participatory community mapping and crowd-sourced flood mapping, as two forms of community-based mapping approaches to floods, are viewed as potential tools to overcome urban flood hazards while raising disaster awareness among city residents. Community mapping is a method of visualizing a neighborhood\u27s communal memories and embedded power relations, while a crowd-sourced flood map visualizes vulnerabilities and may become a tool for information sharing for the betterment of the spatially and socially fragmented city

Mapping an alternative community river: The case of the Ciliwung

Dense, self-built settlements along riverbanks within Asian cities are often excluded from the planning realm, which ensures governments lack knowledge of how particular communities function. The magnitude of land area and population, dynamic local economies, organic policy making processes, and scarcity and consistency of data challenge research on flood impacts and possible solutions in Asian cities. Resultantly, a deeper understanding of alternative and more dynamic forms of environmental management is necessary. The focus of this paper is to analyze the usefulness and challenges of participatory mapping in relation to urban floods, particularly community mapping and crowd-sourced mapping. This analysis is based on the assumption of participatory mapping discourse that participatory mapping increases communities' negotiation power to improve their livelihood. This paper employs participant observation and ethnographic interviews within the Ciliwung River corridor in Jakarta. Specifically it focuses on activists and residents in river communities in relation to participatory community mapping exercises conducted since 2012 and a new crowd-sourced flood mapping system launched in December 2014. Participatory community mapping and crowd-sourced flood mapping, as two forms of community-based mapping approaches to floods, are viewed as potential tools to overcome urban flood hazards while raising disaster awareness among city residents. Community mapping is a method of visualizing a neighborhood's communal memories and embedded power relations, while a crowd-sourced flood map visualizes vulnerabilities and may become a tool for information sharing for the betterment of the spatially and socially fragmented city