Resilience Thinking in Designing Sustainable Riverfront Settlement

Department of Urban and Regional Planning of Diponegoro University in Semarang, Indonesia is in the semester for urban design and development studio. In this semester, the 3rd year students are focusing on Semarang City as a waterfront area. Taking location in the city where the university based, the students are exploring Banjir Kanal Timur (East Flood Canal), identifying potentials to develop and problems to solve. As waterfront area, the studio class is trying to design Banjir Kanal Timur to be a sustainable riverfront settlement.

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Students of Diponegoro University think resilience when designing sustainable riverfront settlement

For the second time, ACCCRN and Diponegoro University are collaborating through the ACCCRN Youth Program. In this semester, the 3rd year students of Urban and Regional Planning Department are taking a studio class for urban design and development with focuses on waterfront...
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Inclusive discussion for Study of Banjir Kanal Timur Design Plan in Semarang

On 13 April 2017, students of Urban and Regional Planning Department, Diponegoro University invited several stakeholder groups to join a Focus Group Discussion being held in their campus building. Representatives from Semarang City Government, District and Sub-district...
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Banjir Kanal Timur in Semarang City and the Problems to Deal With

According to a survey of some parts of the Banjir Kanal Timur (East Flood Canal) area in Semarang City, there are several findings that are considered to be problems. The situation has become difficult because of the rapid urbanization that has the impact of increasing the...
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Ideas from Diponegoro University students about sustainable riverfront settlement in Banjir Kanal Timur, Semarang

On 14 June 2017, ACCCRN had the opportunity to visit the urban planning exhibition at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Diponegoro University. In this semester, the third year undergraduate students are focusing on designing Banjir Kanal Timur (east flood canal)...
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