Urban Network in Trade and Tourism City Case Study: Pontianak City, Indonesia

Journal Title: Journal of Regional and City Planning - Year 2018, Vol 29, Issue 1

Abstract

Pontianak City is the capital of West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. In contributing to one of its missions to be a city that supports the development of trade,services and tourism, Pontianak continues to make improvements through physical development and spatial arrangement to maintain the flow of goods and services. The purpose of this study was to analyze the existing urban networks (in this case infrastructure networks) in Pontianak in support of the city’s development goals to become a leading trade, services, and tourism center in Kalimantan. Network analysis was applied by analyzing the infrastructure networks, explore the ‘structural position’ and then the tendency of the infrastructure network configuration in connecting the trade/market areas or tourist attractions was investigated. Based on the analysis, it was found that the central or important areas that link other areas within the infrastructure network configuration are still dominated by market or trading areas/functions, while for tourist attractions they are still limited. Increased centering or grouping in specific areas can be achieved by adding or reducing the degree of connectedness, by arranging the flow or connections (links) from one area (point) to another, directly or indirectly, with the infrastructure network as the intermediary.

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Syaiful Muazir

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  • EP ID EP548153
  • DOI 10.5614/jrcp.2018.29.1.4
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Syaiful Muazir (2018). Urban Network in Trade and Tourism City Case Study: Pontianak City, Indonesia. Journal of Regional and City Planning, 29(1), 45-56. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-548153