Master in Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada (MPWK – MURP UGM) established Urban Research Forum – an inclusive research platform, facilitating academia, scholars, professionals, and policymakers to share and to enrich their knowledge and experiences on Indonesian urban transformation. One of its main activities is organising regular online seminar, under a general idea of “Sustainable Urban Transformation in Indonesia: Towards Indonesia Emas 2045”.

The 3rd online seminar entitled  “Climate Change and Disaster: Implications for Indonesian Cities” will be held on: read more

Urban Research Forum (URF) is an inclusive research platform, facilitating academia, scholars, professionals, and policymakers to share and to enrich their knowledge and experiences on Indonesian urban transformation.

The 2nd session of URF seminar was held on September 15th, 2020 from 10.00 until 12.30 with the theme “Urban Planning in the Disruption Era: Toward Indonesia Emas 2045”, was conducted online with 488 participants and YouTube live streaming with 1200 viewers. The moderator was Prof. Bakti Setiawan and host by Dr Tri Mulyani Sunarharum from Department of Architecture and Planning UGM.

The Keynote speaker was Prof. Bambang Brodjonegoro, The Ministry of Research and Technology of Indonesia. He discussed the challenges and opportunities for research, technology, and innovation in the disruption era. As “Indonesia Vision” to become one of the most powerful economic performances in the world in 2045, and there is a growing number in the urban population, the market opportunity becomes larger. As a result, skilled workers are urgently needed to support economic growth. Moreover, as a large number of natural resources, Indonesia should be natural resources-based manufacturing as economic growth driven. There should be a change in our paradigm, from a resource-driven economy to innovation-driven economics.

The second topic, presented by Gayatri Singh PhD from World Bank, is on Realizing Indonesia’s Urban Potential in the Era of Disruption. While urbanization helps prosperity globally, it does not guarantee happened in every country. Urbanization has already helped deliver prosperity to Indonesia but not as much as in its neighbours in East Asia. The primary reason why this has happened is inefficiency in urban development and a disconnected between planning and infrastructure investment. Indonesia has steady progress in improving access to basic services, but the gap remains. The three areas of attention in urban development suggested by Gayatri Singh. Firstly, truly embracing multi-dimensional resilience at the heart of urban development, secondly from sectoral silos to integration for transformation and lastly data ecosystem that includes communities.

The third presenter was Prof. Dr Deden Rukmana, who explained about “Planning Megacities in the Global South”. Megacities defined as a contiguous urban area with a population of over ten million people, and most of them are in Global South. In this Part, Prof Deden Rukmana explained rigorous comparative analyses, discussing the challenges, processes, best practices, and initiatives of urbanization in The Global South megacities. There are some key lessons from this topic discussion. For instance, rapid urbanization needs to be managed or reduce by planning policies particularly in peripheral areas, urban dualism is a distinct characteristic of megacities in the Global South, social and economic inequality should be the important lens in planning megacities, and creative and responsive plans are needed for developing infrastructure.

The last speaker is Wicaksono Sarosa PhD., who explains a civil society perspective in urban transformation Indonesia.

In our experience facing urbanization, there are not much infrastructure was built, causing a lot of unplanned area in the urbanized area.

With 82 million addition for urban population by 2045, doing business as usual, it will make the Java island population centris, endanger the few remaining fertile agriculture land, and the minimum benefit of urbanization. The national urban policy is needed to address this situation to make the urban area more livable, inclusive and “cultured”. SDGs and The New Urban Agenda could be guiding frameworks by local government to achieve Indonesia Emas 2045. In this presentation, the speakers also explain a few examples of an urban initiative related to SDGs target and The NUA.

The seminar ran very smoothly in which participants were very enthusiastic, with a lot of questions, and the number of participants both in Zoom Meeting and YouTube live-stream. The seminar was still able to watch on MPWK UGM YouTube Channel. The speaker’s presentation could be download in http://bit.ly/Paparan-URF2

 

Master in Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada (MPWK – MURP UGM) established Urban Research Forum – an inclusive research platform, facilitating academia, scholars, professionals, and policymakers to share and to enrich their knowledge and experiences on Indonesian urban transformation. One of its main activities is organising regular online seminar, under a general idea of  read more

In recent years, urban problems in Indonesia have become increasingly diverse, ranging from climate change, inadequate infrastructure, to the presence of COVID-19 in Indonesia this year, and the impact it causes. City resilience is an important aspect that needs attention to face this urban transformation. By understanding the city system holistically and take into account the risks that may face, a city can adapt to the impacts and changes that occur.

One of the ways is through research and innovations from various cross-disciplinary stakeholders. To support this, the Graduate Program of Urban and Regional Planning – Gadjah Mada University organized the Urban Research Forum (URF) which is a platform for academics, researchers, practitioners, and bureaucrats to share and enrich knowledge and experiences around urban transformation. The main activity in URF is a series of monthly online seminars in 2020 with the theme “Sustainable Urban Transformation in Indonesia: Gold Indonesia Towards 2045”. The first online seminar on Independence Month carries a special theme, namely “Research on Agenda on Sustainable Urban Transformation in Indonesia: Beyond Pandemic Covid-19 and The New Normal”.

The seminar which was held on August 18, 2020, invited Dr. (H.C.) Ir. Suharso Monoarfa – Minister of National Development Planning of Indonesia (BAPPENAS); Prof. Victoria A. Beard – Associate Dean of Research, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, USA; Dr. Phil. Hendricus Andy Simarmata, S.T., M.Si. – Chairman of Ikatan Ahli Perencanaan Indonesia (IAP); and Dr.sc.agr. Iwan Rudiarto, S.T., M.Sc. – Chairman of Asosiasi Sekolah Perencanaan Indonesia (ASPI) as speakers Each speaker brought a specific topic which was moderated by Prof. Ir. Bakti Setiawan, M.A., Ph.D. and led by Dr. Tri Mulyani Sunarharum, S.T. The online seminar was held through Zoom which was also broadcast live on the MPWK UGM YouTube Channel and Instagram account @mpwk.ugm with the number of participants reaching about 700.

The speaker’s presentation could be download in this link

MURP UGM. One way to understand the dynamics of urban transformation in Indonesia can be achieved through research and innovation development, which is undertaken by extensive stakeholders cross-level as well as cross-disciplines. For this reason, Master in Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada (MPWK – MURP UGM) established Urban Research Forum – an inclusive research platform, facilitating academia, scholars, professionals, and policymakers to share and to enrich their knowledge and experiences on Indonesian urban transformation. One of its main activities is organising regular online seminar, under a general idea of “Sustainable Urban Transformation in Indonesia: Towards Indonesia Emas 2045”. So, in August 2020, MURP has launched and started with the first online seminar entitled “Research on Agenda on Sustainable Urban Transformation in Indonesia: Beyond Pandemic COVID-19 and The New Norma. 

The objectives of the “Urban Research Forum Seminar Series 2020″ are:

To explore potential research ideas from first-hand experiences of extensive Urban
Stakeholders;

To improve the capacity of urban researchers and to bridge the gap knowledge and experiences
with practitioners and policymakers;

To promote sustainable urban transformation in Indonesia;

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Yogyakarta as a heritage city, has been facing unprecedented development pressure to achieve sustainable development. This recent time, the approach of urban heritage conservation has been only using the method that neglects the economic sectors. Urban regeneration is one of a new approach for developing the conservation of economy and social dimensions to achieve sustainable cities.

Master Program in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP), Department of Architecture and Planning UGM in collaboration with KotaLab – City Lab in Indonesia with support from IAP, IAI Yogyakarta and The Government of Yogyakarta held the Workshop in Urban Regeneration. This workshop was designed to be a knowledge transfer process from France experiences on urban regeneration to Indonesia in the real case project, Kotabaru as the part of the heritage area in Yogyakarta. Through this workshop, experiences from France will be a benefit to Indonesian planners and architect with a real case study project

35 participants including students, urban practitioners, governments and lecturers are divided into 4 groups which work on certain area and designing proposed project based solution. The urban regeneration project design as the outcome will be presented at the public seminar in the end of the workshop.

MURP UGM. Friday (2/11), representative persons, Prof. Koji Fujimoto and Tomohiro Kaneko (Academic Supporting Staff) from Takushoku University, Japan came to MURP UGM to promote the double degree (linkage program) which is a collaboration between  MURP UGM and  Takushoku University. This promotion program is a part of the implementation of cooperation between MURP UGM and Pusbindiklatren BAPPENAS. Nevertheless, students outside the scheme were also interested in participating.

The session began with a presentation from Prof. Koji Fujimoto explained the general term of research methodology and writing process at universities in Japan. Then, it continued by Takushoku University alumni from MURP UGM who talked about learning experiences at Takushoku University and bringing an issue with ‘How to survive in Japan ’. They closed the session with question and answer.

Kaneko San continued the session with an explanation about Takushoku University in general (the history and philosophy). He also presented the curriculum of double degree scheme in Takushoku. The promotion session was closed with a short lecture from Prof. Fujimoto about “Project Cycle”.

 

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MPWK – MPKD UGM. Tuesday, 10th April 2018, MPWK – MPKD UGM will arrange a public lecture in ““The Housing Challenge: 10 Relevant Questions for The Asian Context ”. The speaker of this lecture is  Alonso Alaya, Senior Expert, Housing, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam. The agenda will be held in B1 and B2, South Wing, Department Architecture and Planning Building, at 11.00 am – 12.30 pm. This discussion is recommended for all MPKD and PWK (UG of Urban and Regional Planning) student.

MPKD-UGM. Wednesday, November 1st 2017, IHS Marketing & Communicatiob Officer, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Desislava Yordanova, came to MPKD UGM in order to discuss collaboration between MPKD and IHS as well as promoting programs organized by IHS and which related to the knowledge area of MPKD and S1 PWK UGM (Bachelor and Master Program of Urban and Regional Planning).

Yordanova started its activities in MPKD by conducting promotion sessions conducted by IHS, ie master program, Ph.D program, short course, and tailor made training. This activity was attended by approximately 20 people coming from MPKD students themselves, as well as undergraduate students of urban and regional planning. She started the session by describing the reasons to choose study in The Netherlands. She added that the determination of the programs in IHS is the availability of various specializations and short learning time for master, which is 12 months. This explanation session followed by a question and answer session and closed with a photo session with the participants.

The activity continued with a meeting with Prof. Ir. Bakti Setiawan, MA., Ph.D as the head of MPKD to discuss collaboration between MPKD and IHS in the future.

 

MPKD -UGM. On 12 – 14 October, 2017, the head of Master Program of  Urban and Regional Planning  (MPKD), UGM attended the APSA (Asian Planning Schools Association) International Congress, at the School of Architecture, Tshinghua University, Beijing. The APSA Congress is biennial activity of an organization that coordinates planning schools in Asia which discuss about the current (urban and regional) planning issues.

The thematic issue of APSA Congress 2017 is “Reshaping Urban and Rural Development Through Planning”. This theme seeks to bridge the gap that arose due to the classic problems in Asia’s urban and rural areas. Planning takes a significant role in shaping and bridging the continuity of interactions between these two areas.

As a unique region, growing and emerging Asia produces mega-cities in large numbers. On the other hand, Asia has a long history in the formation of civilization of peasant society. The 2017  APSA Congress aims to bridge the issue by inviting academics, government, NGOs, communities to share ideas and exchange experiences on the survival of urban and rural areas.

In this forum, Prof. Ir. Bakti Setiawan, MA., Ph.D, was re-elected as Executive Committee Member for the upcoming APSA stewardship. APSA is expected to be a forum that can tie the values of local Asian wisdom as a basis for consideration in the development process in the Asian region itself or in a more global context.