STREET NETWORK PLANNING AND CHANGING URBAN IDENTITY IN BOGOR CITY CENTER

Streets are the most important infrastructure that serves as organizational elements of the urban development process.Criteria for inclusive infrastructure among others are environmental concerns; consider the local values as well as connectivity. Those are also criteria of urban identity, which is an important quality to achieve sustainability in urban development. However, c ities around the world undergo a dynamic process of change, and evolving a new, uniform physical form regardless of their geographical environment and local values. Urban growth, driven by the power of global economic forces, has changes the urban identity. This paper attempts to describe how infrastructure development, particularly street network planning, influences the urban identity in the city of Bogor, which known as a colonial resort city, botanical center, tourism and education. This identity was evident in the streetscape character of the old city center, which built in such way that creates a strong connectivity between parts of the city. Nevertheless, the construction of Jagorawi highway and development of new street networks have led to a shift of city activities, city growth orientation as well as streetscapes character, and eventually bring changes to the urban identity. Morphological analysis of Bogor street networks development and a survey on resident and visitors perception, shows that street classification and functional arrangement as well as development of new arterial street has led to some changes in urban identity and connectivity within the visitors perceptions. Those changes reduce the inclusiveness of street as urban infrastructure