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Finding Solution for Urban Spatial Conflict
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Joko Adianto
Putri Suryandari

Introduction. As the center of growth, city is the reflection of the nation’s civilization. Its rapid development increases urbanization which creates both positive and negative impacts simultaneously. Urbanization creates diverse labor and capital resources which useful for development. Unfortunately, it also creates negative impacts, such as urban poor communities and low urban environment quality. By using growth-pole approach, city’s development only serves high-income group and neglect the low-income group. Especially in developing countries, this model creates urban spatial problems. The gigantic buildings ignore local culture identity and climate condition. Heritage buildings are abandoned because local government and private sector prefer to destroy them and build new attractive facilities. Street vendors and traditional markets are struggles to survive under gigantic mall’s siege. Poor people use public road for social interaction due privatization of public space. Therefore, those spatial problems become everlasting spatial conflicts. In Lefebvrian view, these conflicts take shape on everyday spatial practices.
The Theme. Conference participants are welcome to discuss on any subject within the scope of the main theme. Sub topics that are relevant include: socio-economic, cultural, spatial and environmental aspects of built environment. These subjects are useful to find or invent new concept of city development. This new concept is symbiosis form of poor and rich society, history and future, also modern and traditional urban life. It would be reliable in globalization age and accommodates local economy, social and culture conditions at the same time. Then, the city will be the true reflection of nation’s civilization.
We kindly invite students, academics, researchers, professionals, government officials, policy practitioners, community groups, NGOs, and other parties interested.
Paper Format. All submissions must be in English and must include a title and the authors' names and affiliations. Papers must not be anonymized. Papers should be formatted on A4 paper using 12 point type on 14 point leading ("single-spaced"), with the text block being no more than 6.5" wide by 9" deep. Papers that exceed the main paper page limit may be summarily rejected. Each submission should have a contact author who should provide full contact information (email, phone, fax, mailing address). One author of each accepted paper will be required to present the work at the workshop.
Abstract and Full Paper. Word limit for abstract should be around 500 words. Include the paper title and authors details as follows. Final papers are limited to eight pages, including figures and tables. Accuracy for all material supplied is the responsibility of the author.

All submissions will be made electronically, in Rich Text or Microsoft Word Document format.
Abstract Submission : 21th December 2009.
Notification of Acceptance of Abstract : 25th January 2010.
Full Paper Submission : 3rd July 2010.
 

To participate in this panel, please send your abstract and full paper to:
Joko.adianto@gmail.com or putri_syd@yahoo.com.