Abstract Flood management became one of the development priorities in Semarang since it leading to massive loss and damage to life and assets. The flood disaster in Kaligarang that occurred in 1990, has been the driving force to anticipate the flood risk in the West Flood Canal. Semarang City Government has made efforts to minimize […]

Abstract Mixed use development is one of the supporting aspects of compact city in sustainable urban development that focuses on developing areas with various functions such as residential, commercial, office, and other supporting facilities developed and built in one area. This concept addresses the need of availability optimization in a limited land area. This paper […]

Abstract The intention of this paper is to combine the socio economic development into spatial aspect with the fact that the divided sub study areas are differed in its socio-economic characteristic. The research was conducted in three different rural areas, i.e.; coastal area in Sayung sub district – Demak Regency, plain area in Delanggu sub […]

Abstract The existence of rural landscape is very significant in balancing the biophysical environment. The changing of landscape pattern in a rural area affects both the  ecosystem and the habitat where eventually changes the human environment. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index/NDVI is one of the assessment that can be applied in determining the distribution of vegetation […]

Abstract Air emissions related to the transportation sector has been identified as the second largest emitter of ambient air quality in Indonesia. This is due to large numbers of private vehicles commuting within the city as well as inter-city. A questionnaire survey was conducted in Semarang city involving 711 private vehicles consisting of cars and […]

Abstract Urbanization has brought rapid changes and transformations in many aspects of urban processes of many developing countries, including in spatial aspect, in the form of extended spatial formation of the cities into the surroundings, in order to meet the needs of economic and productive processes as well as those of social and consumption processes. […]

Abstract Indonesia became the country with the highest number dengue cases in Asia, with as many as 80.065 cases, according to data by the United Nations in 2010. Dengue fever has killed hundreds, posing a threat to society against vector-based diseases, especially to those who are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The vulnerability […]

Abstract Mainly due to its complexity, the effort to mainstream gender in addressing climate change issues has been far from the satisfying result. However, there is an urgent call to accommodate gender lens issues and to become more gender sensitive in an attempt to have an effective intervention in responding climate change impact. To enrich […]

Abstract This paper describes the land resource availability and climate change disaster events in three rural coastal area of The Central Java Province, Indonesia, i.e.; Wonokerto sub district – Pemalang Regency, Sayung sub district – Demak Regency, and Lasem sub district – Rembang Regency. Land resource availability was assessed into land use cover change from […]