REVISITING SOFIFI NEW TOWN PROJECT THROUGH ADAPTIVE APPROACHES

• Main Author: Prima Gracianto, Amos
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/57590
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Sofifi new town project is one of the several projects in Indonesia to spread urban growth outside Java Island. However, the Sofifi project has yet shown any significant progress since its initiation in 2015. This thesis intends to enhance the current planning progress of Sofifi new town through an adaptive approach. This thesis selected the adaptive approach due to its features that allow planning to mitigate the dynamic planning world. The adaptive approach in this thesis is combined with the various lessons learned in new town development projects worldwide. The qualitative approach is selected in this thesis to discover in-depth information in new town development in Sofifi, which usually is overlooked in quantitative one. There are three ways to gather the data and information: planning document identification, semi-structural interview, and ongoing discussion observation. Based on findings, the most influencing issues in Sofifi that hinder the adaptive process are the shifting issues in Sofifi from a growth centre to a provincial capital, the unclear leadership, and unharnessed multi-level governance issues regarding the authorities. Thus this thesis suggests three measures to enhance the planning process and mitigating these issues: 1) Clear issue depiction including the possible issue in the future; 2) The adequate institution form selection in developing Sofifi, and 3) all stakeholders collaboration in every step of development, including in the planning process.