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In historic time social factors around the spatial existing framework generated development of the city.
What we see today is contradictory as economic factors govern the growth of the city. Speed of
transformation is noticeably high, while the growth of the city majors in a quantity of physical
infrastructural development rather than the quality of public life. Ironically, when we look at a newly
planned city like Navi Mumbai infrastructural needs sometimes are becoming the reason for the creation of
urban voids in the city fabric. This paper is going to focus on Infrastructural linear voids which are cutting
the morphology of the city. Urban Infrastructural voids in Kharghar are identified and typologies are
formulated by observational study. This paper investigates if we can utilize these Infrastructural urban
voids holistically to formulate a network of public spaces to bind the city holistically.
Infrastructural Urban Voids as an Instrument for Homogenous Urban Fabric Case...civej
In historic time social factors around the spatial existing framework generated development of the city. What we see today is contradictory as economic factors govern the growth of the city. Speed of transformation is noticeably high, while the growth of the city majors in a quantity of physical infrastructural development rather than the quality of public life. Ironically, when we look at a newly planned city like Navi Mumbai infrastructural needs sometimes are becoming the reason for the creation of urban voids in the city fabric. This paper is going to focus on Infrastructural linear voids which are cutting the morphology of the city. Urban Infrastructural voids in Kharghar are identified and typologies are formulated by observational study. This paper investigates if we can utilize these Infrastructural urban voids holistically to formulate a network of public spaces to bind the city holistically.
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Infrastructural Urban Voids as an Instrument for Homogenous Urban Fabric Case...civejjour
In historic time social factors around the spatial existing framework generated development of the city.
What we see today is contradictory as economic factors govern the growth of the city. Speed of
transformation is noticeably high, while the growth of the city majors in a quantity of physical
infrastructural development rather than the quality of public life. Ironically, when we look at a newly
planned city like Navi Mumbai infrastructural needs sometimes are becoming the reason for the creation of
urban voids in the city fabric. This paper is going to focus on Infrastructural linear voids which are cutting
the morphology of the city. Urban Infrastructural voids in Kharghar are identified and typologies are
formulated by observational study. This paper investigates if we can utilize these Infrastructural urban
voids holistically to formulate a network of public spaces to bind the city holistically.
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Smart city remains a misnomer. No city on planet earth can claim to be smart. Experts are still searching the soul of smart city in order to precisely define it .Unfortunately smart city has become a money spending/spinning exercise for few individuals/agencies. Entire concept of smart city has been made technology centric, minimizing the role and importance of human beings. In addition, role of Town Planners in smart city has been totally marginalized. How can a city be made smart without intervention of planning and planners. Smart city as a concept has been copied globally to promote operational efficiency and productivity of the cities , with minimum concern for human growth and development. Addressing issue of poverty and making city livable for all should be the agenda of urban growth and development. In the face of homeless people , absence of basic amenities and facilities essential of human living, making city’s smart will be a fallacy and prove to be counterproductive. Cities do not exist in isolation and require the support of rural hinterland. Dealing cities alone by excluding villages will invariably lead to lopsided growth of cities because genesis of majority of urban ills has roots in the neglect of the rural areas. Urban areas must do handholding for the rural areas for synergizing mutual strength and to usher a new era of rational growth. Smart city concept must focus on empowering human being/ living, making them more skilled, create options for meeting the basic human needs and removing the curse of poverty and unemployment.
Analyzing small town centralization effects on spatial organization of rural ...inventionjournals
ABSTRACT : Nowadays, unbalancing and inequality of spaces among urban and rural settlements are important subjects of economists and regional programmers. Existing economical divergence, development poles and dispersion of rural regions are the effects of this phenomenon.So accessing to balance and consistent expansion in regional space, establishing regular and ordered sequences are major needs and pay attention to small towns is one of the ways to equilibration this situation.The purpose of research is, studying influence Torqabeh & Shandiz cities on Zosh, Noqondar, Virani villages. The research is applied and method is descriptive –analytic and collecting data is done by documents-library. Indeed, has been studied the effect of centralization mentioned cities on villages. In order to, was used from network analyzed. On the other hand, was used from questioner tool. Finding shows, the relation between urban and rural area is parasitic theory.
ssessment of the Spaces between the Developed and Undeveloped Areas in Rongo ...inventionjournals
The establishment of any urban centres is always characterised by either commercial, industrial or administrative activities. Rongo Town is one of the towns that has attracted a large population and this has led to inadequate houses for the residents and general stress in the provision of social amenities. The general objective of the study was to analyse the socio-economic impacts of Rongo urban sprawl. The specific objective of the study was to assess the spaces between the developed and undeveloped area of Rongo Town. This was important because it projected the causes of inadequate housing units in Rongo Town. Concentric Urban Theory was used to guide the study. Cross sectional design method was used in the study. Quantitative and qualitative design methods were used to give the study a structure. The target population was 27,759. From this 6,095 households were used as respondents. Primary and secondary data were collected. Primary data was collected by use of questionnaires, observation checklist, photographs and sketches. Secondary data involved written articles by experts in urban growth and information in government offices and non-governmental organisations. This data was analysed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences which yielded descriptive and inferential statistics. This data was also analysed by content analysis through description. The spaces between the developed and undeveloped areas were found to be so large. The study recommended the construction of high density houses by filling in the spaces between the developed and undeveloped areas in Rongo Town with houses and other necessary infrastructures
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its environmental challenges, this study presents the significance of information and communication technology
(ICT). Undertaking this research holds immense importance in illuminating the possibilities inherent in
leveraging ICT to foster urban sustainability. The study’s objectives encompass a comprehensive investigation
into the multifaceted contributions of ICT to urban sustainability, while also delving into its impact on stakeholder
engagement and participation in these sustainability endeavors. Addressing an identified gap, the study
sheds light on the critical nexus between stakeholders’ active involvement and the resulting impact on urban
sustainability. This connection serves as a crucial yet under-explored avenue within the broader discourse on
leveraging ICT for sustainable urban development. The study employs structural equation modeling (SEM) to
evaluate a proposed model and analyze empirical data. The results of the study highlight the critical role of ICTs
in urban sustainability (β = 0.614, R2 = 0.85), demonstrating its capacity to enhance efficiency; which promotes
sustainability practices, and improves the quality of life for urban residents. The findings of this study have
significant implications, as they suggest the potential for optimizing the impact of ICT-based urban environments
to meet the diverse needs and priorities of society as a whole. By leveraging ICT effectively, countries can create a
robust smart environment that contributes to sustainable development and addresses environmental concerns.
To leverage the benefits of ICT, however, appropriate attention should be committed to the execution of smart
urban sustainability through stakeholder participation and involvement. The implication of the study enables the
possibility to optimize the impact of an ICT-based urban environment, thereby creating sustainable and resilient
communities that meet the needs and priorities of all members of society.
Assessing Consultative Management in the Formation of Sustainable Urban Neigh...inventionjournals
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
In Search of a Tool to Support Planning Inside Large Cities: the SustaIn-LED ...IEREK Press
The aim of the present study is to investigate the linkages between local economic development, innovation, and environmental sustainability inside urban areas. Can innovation affect the improvement of the quality of life inside urban areas? This research question comes from the consideration that usually innovation and growth in general are considered sources of conflict in affecting the livability of large cities. The objective of the paper is to design a model — the “SustaIn-Led” - to connect levels of environmental sustainability, quality of life, and economic development inside metropolitan areas, taking into account also innovation processes, activated by the innovation policies and by the knowledge economy. The study takes in consideration the 53 largest United States metropolitan areas with a population over 1 million, with a time series from the years 2000 through 2015.This has been done because of a two-fold reason: (1) the US among high-income countries is the one with the highest number of universities, patents, and citations; (2) several studies have shown that innovation occurs in large cities. The first part of the present study has carried out the identification of the variables to represent and significantly explain the phenomena – local economic development, innovation, and environmental sustainability – linked to the design of the SustaIn-LED model. Environmental sustainability in urban areas in this paper is represented by means of the Air Quality Index (AQI),while the number of workers synthetically quantifies local economic development. Correlation and multiple re-gression analyses are conducted in order to examine the relationship between the three main indicators. The multiple regressions for the year 2015 produced a low p-value, indicating that the predictors are significant in the regression analysis. Similar results of p-value are shown in all the years from 2000 to 2013. For 2015, the results showed that part of the variance in the measure of total workers of the metropolitan areas could be predicted by measures of innovation and air quality. Higher R2values have been registered for the years from 2000 through2013.The development of the SustaIn-LED model could be utilized in urban regeneration processes to help in the de-sign of new urban planning policies inside large cities by means of a better comprehension of environmental and economic implications caused by the implementation of innovation policies.
In Search of a Tool to Support Planning Inside Large Cities: the SustaIn-LED ...IEREK Press
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As integral part of human history, cities have emerged as great places to live, work and do business. Cities symbolise the dreams, hopes and aspirations of society. Driving infrastructure and technologies, cities are fast becoming hub of economic and technical innovations. Dictating economy, generating employment, determining quality of life, promoting ideas and innovations besides providing quality infrastructures, cities remain crucial to human growth, development and happiness. Despite distinct advantages, cities also represent chaos, disorder, dualities and contradictions. Polarised cities, showing great contrasts of wealth and poverty, lack capacity, capability and will to meet basic needs of shelter, healthcare, education, water and sanitation. In the process, majority of urban residents are being marginalised with quality of life fast becoming nightmare for people opting for making cities and towns, as their preferred place of residence. Population, poverty, pollution and exclusion have emerged the hallmarks of Indian urbanisation. As consumers of enormous energy /resources and generators of large waste, ecological footprints of cities are growing very fast, promoting green- house gas emissions and global warming. With urban population projected to reach 590 million in 2030, greatest challenge before parastatal agencies, professionals and administrators remains, how to harmonise the urban growth with quality of life and make cities great , happy and smart place to live and work. If genesis of problems of climate change, global warming, rising temperature, ozone depletion and rising carbon footprints is in cities then solution for such problems are also embedded in cities. Search for solutions to make cities safe, resilient, inclusive and sustainable would fall in the domain of rationalising prevailing planning, development and management practices; re-defining new order of urban planning, ; leveraging technology; rationalising travel; promoting governance and re-defining design strategies for built environment.
Effects of Small Town's Centralization on Spatial Organization of Rural Settl...iosrjce
Centralization in small town is led to functional changes due to increasing Inequality between rural
settlement and cities. On the other hand, mentioned changes are different based on distance with urban center.
Also, these cities effect germ and parasitic role on rural area according to their structure.
The methodology of this study is descriptive –analytic and collecting data is done by documents-library. The
data are generally gathered from scientific centre libraries like universities, organizations, institutes and
research centers such as management and planning organization and internet, official statistics and censuses,
Urban Development Plans By Consulting Engineers, Field Study And So On. Studied Area Is Shandiz &
Torqabeh Cities. Infact, Has Been Studied The Effect Mentioned Cities On Hesar Golestan & Hesar Sorkh
Villages. In Order To , Was Used From Network Analyzed. On The Other Hand, Was Used From Questioner
Tool. Finding Shows, The Relation Between Urban And Rural Area Is Parasitic Theory.
This paper is a report on the recent special session of papers presented at the Regional Studies Association (RSA) Annual Conference in Dublin, entitled ‘Beyond Smart & Data-Driven City-Regions: Rethinking Stakeholder-Helixes Strategies’. The session was a collaboration between the Urban Transformations ESRC programme at the University of Oxford and the Future Cities Catapult.
Canadian Immigration Tracker March 2024 - Key SlidesAndrew Griffith
Highlights
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March asylum claim data not issued as of May 27 (unusually late). Irregular arrivals remain very small.
Study permit applications experiencing sharp decrease as a result of announced caps over 50 percent compared to February.
Citizenship numbers remain stable.
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leveraging ICT to foster urban sustainability. The study’s objectives encompass a comprehensive investigation
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them is done through arrangement city center expected increasing regional development
for its surrounding area, regarding economic, social and environmental development. If a
city can drive regional growth for its surrounding area, so urban region perhaps able to
influence its surrounding area with a higher level of ability. One of the efforts made for
regional development is urban area planning policy, i.e., the metropolitan area is
endeavored to be a driver for its surrounding area development, and be a way toward
competitive advantages.
Clark, Harrison, & Miguelez (2018) argues that the implication of cities role and
function spatially (for a place) and socially (for people) continuously change and
unpredictable. Cities drive economic growth through goods and services flows. They
facilitate infrastructure for supporting the activities. However, city development does not
only drives surrounding area development, and it is not hierarchical, due to shifting of
central place theory on nowadays realities (Derudder & Taylor, 2018), inviting other
entities to be understood. This study evaluates urban area role in influencing regional
development under the context.
One of the regional planning concentrations is about city centers in moving
economic growth and regional development. The planning is done through arrangement
growth area in a city. It operationalized through structure and pattern in regional spatial
planning. Urban area regional planning concept is one of the study cases reflects that
thought. It related to the network process between various areas driven by city centers
close together and growing to be an urban area. Furthermore, Clark et al. (2018) states that
crowded city, concentrated and connected is a key for increasing competitiveness and
developing cohesion. How is an urban area influencing regional development? This study
evaluates a regional development policy through urban area arrangement. This study aims
to provide a theoretical analysis regarding its considerations and implications in practice
through a study case of the Mebidangro urban area (Medan City-Binjai City-Deli Serdang
District-Karo District).
Mebidangro is a regional development policy through arrangement four adjacent
urban area, i.e., Medan City, Binjai City, Deli Serdang District, and Karo District in North
Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The policy is one of the national strategic plans for regional
development in Indonesia. One of its purposes is to be an internationally competitive
region, and sustainable as national activity center in northern of Sumatra Island. The policy
carried out leading to increasing productive national economic center and efficient, so that
able to internationally compete particularly in sub-regional economic cooperation of
Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand growth triangle (IMT-GT), also growing urban activity center
service accesses.
Previous studies have indicated a connection between one city and another in the
context of the global city network (Hoyler & Harrison, 2017; Khan, Brunner, & Gibson,
2018; Neal, 2011). They argue that cities in the world become more open so that the
boundaries of a city are no longer the boundaries of the country, but the extent to which
the city serves the cities that interact with it. It is of interest to know what their
considerations and implications are in practice, through a review of cities in the form of
urban areas. Research still lacks understanding of how urban areas affect the development
of surrounding areas and regions outside their countries, especially in archipelagic
countries like Indonesia. This article offers theoretical and empirical contributions to the
field of urban planning. Theoretically, this proposes the assumption that urban areas,
especially in the archipelagic country in Indonesia, are moving towards globally open cities,
but in ways that might be different from others. Empirically, the sustainability of the
Mebidangro urban area is useful for stakeholders in formulating urban planning policies.
Generally, this study agree that cities composition as a hierarchy. Bigger cities (city)
serve smaller cities (town) up to rural level (village), as a cooperation form need each other.
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The cooperation provides a cities system in the way of k1 (market), k2 (transportation), and
k7 (administration services). The concept, at least, is a theoretical approach clarify how
cities connected through the three of cities system modes. The most significant driving
factor is located in the cities characterized by the largest population and can be
hierarchically reviewed (central place theory). This view acceptable with some assumptions
that all of the region on one stretch or in a close together distance.
Central place theory is a formal description from generically cities process (Derudder
& Taylor, 2018). Indeed, the method still prevalent accepted for explaining how certain
cities system plays a role in regional development. On its development, however, for cities
having innovation, production network, distribution, and consumption between regions at a
broader level can no longer be assumed as a hierarchy (Clark et al., 2018). Christaller
(1966) understood that relation between the cities regions like hexagons bordering each
other. It interprets that its regional development process tends to border by the hexagons
proximity without considering another area outside of the hexagonal border which is also
influenced by the region.
Nowadays, urban development provides an influence in regional development not
only for their surrounding areas but also for regions outside of their territorial. They take
place through global interaction. The system tends to shapes functional cooperation, and
the limit is global, not administration or regional (world cities network). In other words,
cities have a potential to be regional development drivers, not only for surrounding areas
but also for regions outside of their administration or their hexagons.
In a regional development context, cities expand to increase their capacity through
the industrial and service patterns, not only focus on center-periphery relation but also
toward world cities network (Liu & Derudder, 2012; Martinus & Sigler, 2017; Rozenblat,
Zaidi, & Bellwald, 2017). The discourse, at least, experiencing development from city
evolution in city planning (Geddes, 1915), world cities (Hall, 1966), and global cities
(Sassen, 1991). Furthermore, we might understand this view context with likens city as
“regional node (Geddes, 1915), national (Hall, 1966), dan global (Sassen, 1991)” (Hoyler &
Harrison, 2017). Neal (2011) argues that there are four theoretical, and empirical city
evolution: i.e., as a central place, metropolitan dominance, mercantile, new economy, and
globalization. It leads to more open cities in the world. The occurred globalization tends
due to the urban industry globalization, and innovation (Khan et al., 2018).
Cities innovating through entrepreneurship activities, and corporations be the drivers
for this process. City and region not only place for this process occurred but also as the
primary mechanism (Florida, Adler, & Mellander, 2017). The process involves an urban
network not only in proximity but also globally. They shape the global cities network
(Martinus & Sigler, 2017; Taylor, Derudder, Faulconbridge, Hoyler, & Ni, 2014). The
phenomenon tends to obscure city characteristic having a hierarchy with cities in the
surrounding area (Parnreiter, 2014). Furthermore, Parnreiter (2014) delivers the critics
regarding this discourse, that is a little who observe the processes of its formation, authors
more often review its description and measure the cities system. Urban area planning
policy in regional planning providing on this article is one of the cases reviewing the
network formation process.
Recent studies have indicated that Indonesia's urban areas contribute to the
development of the surrounding area. Jabodetabek metropolitan area (Jakarta, Bogor,
Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi) is driven by the role of the private sector in the fulfillment
of public facilities and jobs (Firman & Fahmi, 2017). In Kartamantul (Yogyakarta, Sleman,
and Bantul), a collaborative collaboration between regional governments is carried out
through cross-border infrastructure development in dealing with the expansion of
urbanization (Hudalah, Firman, & Woltjer, 2014). Cooperation between regions in Greater
Bandung (Cimahi, Bandung City, Bandung Regency, West Bandung, and Sumedang) carries
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out the planning of the transportation system to advance the development of the region
(Talitha & Hudalah, 2014). Besides these urban areas, Indonesia has Mebidangro. This
research focuses on understanding the urban areas presented by Mebidangro.
Method
This study uses a qualitative content analysis method for studying data (Mayring,
2014). It collects and analyzes several text contents (Neuman, 2014). All data used for this
review are secondary data. The analysis is done by interpreting the meaning of the reading
source and presenting it through theoretical conclusions. The article evaluates theories
such as urban areas, central place, and global city and their practice on the empirical
situation of mebidangro urban areas. Data sourced from journals, government regulations,
internet news, and other research sources that support it. Mayring (2014) argues that a
qualitative content analysis shortens a material into short texts that can be managed to
develop categories in stages from several materials. This research categorizes what entities
that an urban area has in contributing to the development of both surrounding areas and
global context. No doubt, the author's meaning will affect the results of the analysis.
However, this is useful for a broader sense of understanding the impact of urban expansion.
Result and Discussion
Regional Development through the Urban Area
An urban area is a form in regional development. The operationalization involves
various cities bound in a region for driving economic growth its surrounding areas. In the
global era, McCann & Acs (2011) argues that multinational companies play an essential
role in connecting an urban area globally, in other hands, center-periphery relation
eventually drives national economic. The metropolitan area has the potential to participate
in a global city network. Economic side tendency, in this case, is very thick due to this can
not be realized if the business sector does not dominate it.
Urban area applies an advance producer strategy in regional development, it
provides services for companies operating in different sector (Jacobs, Koster, & Hall, 2011),
build up spatial development pattern as a driving force, multi-location companies develop
their intra-companies network internationally through two pillars: i.e., knowledge economy,
and high technology company (Lüthi, Thierstein, & Goebel, 2010). The urban area provides
infrastructure for goods and services flow such as transportation (Gerritse & Arribas-Bel,
2018), office space (Taylor, 2010), accommodation, and supporting facilities.
The discussion is interesting, about space functionally exchange, i.e., a shift in
meaning “move away from simple core-periphery model” (Roy, 2009), hierarchical and
networked. Regional development through the urban area has a potential to develop a
growth space on an international scale. The context tends to review regional development
not only influencing inter but also intra-region. Such as delivered by Rodríguez-Pose (2008)
argue that urban area concept application as a policy has important implications for
implementation of development strategy, regarding its change from sectoral to a regional
approach, leads to a much bigger plan, and innovation diversity. The concept at least
desires a more complex planning formulation. Handling involves cooperation between
various stakeholders such as the government, the business world, and society. However, it
seems still lacks understanding of how developing countries prepare their urban areas to
adapt fo global developments and how these cities play a role in increasing regional
development both internally and externally. This research moves in that direction.
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In developing countries, spatial inequality leads to activity grouping, such as
manufacture activity, creating work and attracting population from other regions, spatial
disparity tends to increase along with development and economic growth on a specific
location and sector overgrowing while the others left behind (Venables, 2005). Therefore,
the state intervenes in regional planning acceleration through urban, regional planning
policy. It tends to connect central places in an extensive national network (Brenner, 1997),
at least to realize a more efficient city structure. Its implication did through urban area
arrangement. Metropolitan area ‘armed’ with infrastructures and growth locations. The
influence embedded not only inter but also intraregional.
The urban area is a spatial economic key for a nation (Parr, 2005). A metropolitan
area drives regional development through city-region interactions, trading, commuter,
capital movements, resources, knowledge, and technology. The efforts are made for
realizing spatial productivity, through urban area arrangement. Furthermore, Gerritse &
Arribas-Bel (2018) delivers that infrastructure can play a role in resulting productivity in
municipal level, urban population moves during infrastructure changes, it makes cities in
the region more productive. In the contemporary globalization context, the phenomenon
involves physical and relational asset systems, and full of synergies lead to the need for an
understanding to deal with increasing inequality between regions (Scott & Storper, 2003).
On further discussion, we will evaluate this through a case study, i.e., Mebidangro urban
area, and describe the entities this area in influencing regional development.
Mebidangro, A Regional Development Policy through Urban Area Arrangement
As already introduced on the previous discussion that Mebidangro is one of the
Indonesia national policies in regional development, particularly for the northern region of
Sumatra Island in western Indonesia (see Figure 1). The policy is an effort for regional
development acceleration and orderly arrangement of the regional development process. It
involves development for 52 sub-districts such as 21 sub-districts in Medan City (Kota
Medan), five sub-districts in Binjai City (Kota Binjai), 22 sub-districts in Deli Serdang
District (Kabupaten Deli Serdang), and four sub-districts in Karo District (Kabupaten Karo).
Mebidang has an area 2.719 km2 (1049,812 mil2) and with about five million people.
Mebidangro arrangement is made through spatial planning such as space structure, space
pattern and strategic steps (Ministry of Public Work and Spatial Planning, 2014a).
Mebidangro space structure involves main city planning and its around cities as
supporting cities. The concept leads to monocentric city development, i.e., there is the
main city node in the middle of lower level cities. The main city (Medan) provides services
for organizing regional, national and international scale activities. It has the most dominant
influence on goods flows, services, trading, resources, capital movements, knowledge, and
technology. Cities around the main city serve as movement balancer for the main city.
Various infrastructure facilities were built to realize this plan, such as built up or re-
arrangement existing facilities. The infrastructures such as port, airport, railroad network,
highway, primary and secondary arterial road, primary collector road, and development
center bases (monocentric in Medan) (see Figure 2). On the other hands, the planning
concern for settlement center system, transportation network (road, river and crossing,
railroad system, sea and air transportation), water resources, urban utilities (provision of
drinking water systems, drainage and wastewater networks, waste management), energy
networks (oil pipe and earth gas, power plant, electric power transmission), and
telecommunications.
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Figure 1. Map of Mebidangro
Source: Ministry of Public Work and Spatial Planning, 2014a
Figure 2. The Concept of Space Structure and Infrastructure Support of Mebidangro
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Mebidangro space pattern tends to prioritize optimization of protected and
cultivation area utilization based on carrying capacity (see Figure 3). Its space pattern
involves the arrangement of the various zone such as existing built-up land, urban planning,
semi-urban planning, forest cultivation, and conservation. Mebidangro strategic plans
involve several short-term policies such as (1) Belawan-Kuala Namu national economic
corridor development; (2) service centers development for the new city; (3) revitalization of
Medan old city center, and Tembakau Deli; (4) development and stabilization of
Mebidangro green corridor; and (5) development of Mebidangro strategic access.
Source: Ministry of Public Work and Spatial Planning, 2014a
Figure 3. The Concept of Mebidangro Space Pattern
Mebidangro has a broad influences in regional development. The planning conducted
tends to prepare the urban region to play a role globally. With its strategic position,
Mebidangro potential to be one of the global cities networks. The following entities as a
form of its influence in influencing regional development.
Reducing Income Disparity
Mebidangro is one of the national strategic region aiming to reduce income disparity
so that every area have better competitiveness in the economy. Economic growth in
Mebidangro influences reducing income disparity level. The present of economic scale is
the most important to support development aspects in developing countries. However, the
occurred trends are income disparity due to an uneven regional growth condition. It as
delivered by Venables (2005) due to economic growth rapidly develop only in a particular
location or sector, while others left behind. Mebidangro arrangement tends to avoid growth
focused only on a specific area with left behind its surrounding areas. It makes the
surrounding cities (supporting cities) of the main city play a role as the balancer. It is added
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again with a mutual complementary infrastructure between the main and supporting city.
The bases of the economic center which generally located in Medan can not stand-alone
due to its infrastructure supported by surrounding cities such as Belawan Port (not in the
city center) and Kuala Namu Airport in Deli Serdang District.
Some criticism comes from Dewanto, Rujiman., & Suriadi (2014) concluding that
economic growth and income disparity in Mebidangro (period of 2004-2011) have a
negative influence on the poverty level. Although economic growth able to reduce poverty,
however, income disparity be an obstacle or diminish economic growth effectivity in
poverty alleviation. Economic growth in Mebidangro during 2004-2001, not pro-poverty
(anti-poor). At least, the data is supported by the Central Bureau of Statistics presenting
North Sumatra Province Gini ratio which is increasing from 2000 (0,272), where the last
Gini ratio is 0,319, but its classification still on low inequality level (Central Bureau of
Statistics of North Sumatra, 2017). It is hard to assume that Mebidangro planning can
indeed reduce income disparity, at least it has provided a broader space in cities growth so
that can more rapidly develop and increasing each area income. The implication is
although Mebidangro planning directed for the formation of urban area in monocentric
form, however with the development of supporting cities, there is a chance for the creation
of polycentric urban area form. It is backed with existing transportation infrastructure
located out of the main city and the high enough of city development such as Deli Serdang
area with its Kuala Namu Airport. It is in line with stated by Taylor, Evans, & Pain (2008),
that traditional cities areas centered on a city center are replacing by a more complex
polycentric order.
Centrality of Productions and Services
The urban area planning tends related to the process of innovation, production
network, distribution, and consumption between areas (Clark et al., 2018). Mebidangro has
a capability in running national and international scale activities, and as an economic
driving force with qualified facilities in increasing industry, service and trade sectors. Putra,
Giyarsih, & Kurniawan (2016) argues that Mebidangro has two leading sectors such as
specialization on primary sector and diversification from various sectors with the highest
hierarchy in Percut Sei Tuan Sub-District. In other hands, there are Medan Industrial Zone
(Kawasan Industri Medan/ KIM), and Medan Star Industrial Estate in Deli Serdang which
both of them be one of the essential national objects and office spaces in Mebidangro
metropolitan region facilitating productions and services. On the outside of Mebidangro,
there are Sei Mangke Special Economic Zone (Kawasan Ekonomi Khusus/KEK) combined
with Kuala Tanjung Port connected through railway over 30 km.
Mebidangro facilitates production and service flows. It has logistic connectivity
infrastructure such as transportation for natural and human resources supporting economic
growth. For logistic effectivity, there are infrastructures such as Balmera Highway
connecting Medan-Kuala Namu (international airport)-Tebing Tinggi Railway connecting
Medan-Lubuk Pakam-Tanjung Balai-Kuala Namu (international airport)-Belawan
(international port)-Binjai. The infrastructure developments is an effort in connecting
Mebidangro towards the international world. It has potential creates central flow
connecting comparative connectivity in global cities network, where the connectivity
dominantly is driven by the company, services, productions, and all entrepreneurs involved
(Derudder & Taylor, 2018).
Urbanization under Mobility Context of Labor and Knowledge
Urbanization can not be circumvented for urban area. Urbanization effected for
regional development on providing labour supporting industries of trading and service.
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Mebidangro population growth in last twenty years is 30,95%, and it is preached that in
2029 will reach 5.5 million people. The development of the Mebidangro urban area has a
potential for increased mobility of labor and knowledge. The global company conducting
the region automatically moves the workforce, innovation, and knowledge. However, on
other hands, the regional planning faces a condition “opens city potential for regional
revitalization, while at the same time deal with the challenge in line with city changes and
fix worst effect of urbanization (Clark et al., 2018). The growth rate in Mebidangro impact
on the people urbanization towards the area. One of the negative results is the spread of
slum areas. Director General of Cipta Karya, Ministry of Public Works delivered that from
171 slum area handled by the ministry, there are five of the worst slum area in the country,
one of them is Belawan, North Sumatra (Ariyanti, 2013; Detik, 2013).
Regional and International Cooperation
City interconnection and network raised from capital flows, workforce, and
knowledge is embedded in the process, and also in the policy model moving between cities
in an attempt for getting a more significant part of economic benefit (innovation,
production, distribution, and consumption) (Clark et al., 2018). There is a tendency that
knowledge concentrating on an area lead regional development process of origin place
declining due to ‘leakage’ (Friedmann & Alonso, 1975). The most likely occurred in satellite
city, town, and suburb. Human resources from periphery many leaked to an advanced
region. In this case, the human resources in Mebidangro which come from the surrounding
area do not return to their hometown (critic for development from above).
Source: Ministry of Public Work and Spatial Planning, 2014b
Figure 4. International Cooperation of IMT-GT
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Regional cooperation in the form of economic activity has been significantly running
between cities in Mebidangro and between Mebidangro Urban Area and surrounding area
such as Langkat District, Aceh Tamiang District, Dairi District, Simalungun District,
Samosir District, and Serdang Bedagai District. Capital flows, goods and services are
increasing. It marked by built up of Balmera Highway connecting existing economic area
nodes for fulfilling and deciphering traffic density caused by the process.
Mebidangro international cooperation makes the metropolitan area be part of global
cities networks. Mebidangro influences the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle
(IMT-GT) (see Figure 4). It together with a Mebidangro arrangement for increasing regional
development. Its implementation done through transportation needs fulfillment between
various region both nationally and internationally such as international airport,
international port, road, and land transportation system. It also is done through optimizing
region around Malaka Strait as trade and international mobility routes driven by Belawan
and Sei Mangkar port. In the other hands, there is a significant investment chance for
developing Semenanjung Malaka Zone to increase IMT-GT progress. For support primer
scale infrastructure of collection center, there is Kuala Namu International Airport.
Mebidangro plays a role for economic activity on five IM-GTconnectivity corridors such as
Songkhla-Penang-Medan, Malaka Strait, Banda Aceh-Medan-Dumai-Palembang, Melaka-
Dumai, and Ranong-Phuket-Aceh (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2010).
Economic growth through international cooperation tends to create global cities
network. As delivered by Scott that particular urban regions in some less-developed
countries eventually will be considered as dynamic nodes for mosaics that develop from
global city-region (Scott, 2001). Economic growth in Mebidangro will develop for flowing
capital rate internationally. However, the efforts in investment forms and large-scale
projects are needed to be implemented.
There is a tendency that various policies for Mebidangro arrangement make this
urban region become more play a role as a network than a hierarchy (criticism for central
place theory). The efforts tend not only centralized for a city but also spread to various
cities. Placement of the infrastructures makes it happen. They are spreadly placed in
various cities. It makes cities development in Mebidangro rapidly growth and not
collectively. The spread of economic area development and infrastructure impact on these
cities grew to be a polycentric form. It means that their development no longer referring to
the main city, but instead relates to their each cities destination mobility of production flow,
globally. It is because the process uses infrastructures in each area, which of course not
located in the main city. Regarding growth rate in supporting cities driven by the main city,
there is a phenomenon that although goods and services flow connected to the main city,
however, no one ensures that it happened. There is a tendency that the supporting cities
through the arrangement policies become non-hierarchical with the main city, but more
related with abroad cities globally on the context of their large-scale goods and services
flows. The context raises a presumption that cities in the scope of Mebidangro will tend to
shape network form than hierarchy.
Conclusion
The urban area plays a role in influencing regional development through several
entities such as reducing income disparity, centrality of productions and services,
urbanization under mobility context of labor and knowledge, and regional and international
cooperation. The infrastructures within Mebidangro bring this urban area to drive regional
development not only for each city and their surrounding area but also for global
development. Labor and knowledge mobilization make it happen. Although it is
monocentric in inter-regional (hierarchical) regional development, however, Mebidangro
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also plays a role in forming intra-regional influences. In this phenomenon, there is a
tendency that cities are not viewed as a hierarchy, but function cooperation, and its limit is
a global, not administrative area or regional (world cities networks). The notion initiates
urban area planning context which is not only creating regional development for its
surrounding area but also global cities networks. Mebidangro is one of the study cases
operating the concept.
Furthermore, Meijers (2007) argues that ideas on network models of spatial
organizations arise as a response to refute the central place theory. One of its
developments is the appearance of global cities concepts (Parnell & Robinson, 2012;
Robinson, 2002; Smith & Timberlake, 2001). By the existing policies, the urban region is
created to be a part of global cities network, a paradigm shift of regional development from
increasing surrounding areas to be a region which can compete globally. The phenomenon
brings up a notion that Mebidangro urban area has potential in globally regional planning
for global development.
This research provides a theoretical insight into state policies that support the global
connection of cities, especially in the Indonesian context. The result supports the idea that
future projections for the development of cities in the world tend to have global nuances.
Nevertheless, not only that, this global connectivity itself is not open through the unilateral
policies of the countries concerned, but is supported by cooperation between countries
through proper interconnectivity regulations.
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