Revitalizing the Unused Urban Space: Case Study - Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia

Bambang Karsono, Julaihi Wahid, Dona Rose Amer Koesmeri, Shineristy Eka Indriannisa

2018

Abstract

The phenomenon of urban decline in the highly industrialized nation is now slowly taking place in the developing world. Deindustrialization defined as a decline in the manufacturing sectors led to the changes in social, economic and subsequently a shift in urban activities. By taking Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Republic of Indonesia as an example, this paper attempts to uncover the possibilities and opportunities in identifying the causes and implications of its decline. PT Arun LNG (private limited company), was an industrial plant operated since 1974 and grew up rapidly and Lhokseumawe, Aceh was nicknamed “Petrodollar City”. Lokeseumawe, was a well-known industrial region outside Java Island has attracted thousands of workers from northern Sumatera and the nearby regions. The trickle effect of the activities from the petrodollar business led to a few settlements popping up at the periphery resulted of urban sprawl from Lhokseumawe, however, the glory of the economic growth outlived within a short period. After the downturn of the economy and the change in activities, the city slowly showed a decline. Scholars has estimated that one in six of the cities around the world that relied on oil and gas related-activities will suffer from this phenomenological impact. This was resulted from the production of PT Arun NGL had dropped dramatically in the 2000s and suddenly closed the operation in October 2014. From these perspectives, this paper attempts to investigate the impact of deindustrialization within the urban space and activity in Lhokseumawe have consequences to urban declining phenomena. By taking one of the revitalized urban space formerly known as Cunda Plaza (CP) as a case study area, the paper will apply synoptic method through observation, space mapping and interview techniques for gathering and examining the data. The findings indicate that Cunda Plaza is a magnet as a central hub of urban activities which can be integrated with other thriving activities from urban conurbation of academic related activities within the city.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Karsono B., Wahid J., Amer Koesmeri D. and Indriannisa S. (2018). Revitalizing the Unused Urban Space: Case Study - Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Computer, Environment, Agriculture, Social Science, Health Science, Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICEST, ISBN 978-989-758-496-1, pages 101-107. DOI: 10.5220/0010039001010107

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icest18,
author={Bambang Karsono and Julaihi Wahid and Dona Rose Amer Koesmeri and Shineristy Eka Indriannisa},
title={Revitalizing the Unused Urban Space: Case Study - Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Computer, Environment, Agriculture, Social Science, Health Science, Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICEST,},
year={2018},
pages={101-107},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010039001010107},
isbn={978-989-758-496-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Computer, Environment, Agriculture, Social Science, Health Science, Engineering and Technology - Volume 1: ICEST,
TI - Revitalizing the Unused Urban Space: Case Study - Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-496-1
AU - Karsono B.
AU - Wahid J.
AU - Amer Koesmeri D.
AU - Indriannisa S.
PY - 2018
SP - 101
EP - 107
DO - 10.5220/0010039001010107