Towards Sustainable Urban Growth: The Unaffected Fisherman Settlement Setting (with Case Study Semarang Coastal Area)

AbstractThis paper mainly focused on fisherman settlement setting's analysis and explored why the tidal flood did not change the settlement setting. This research was conducted in fisherman settlement named Kelurahan Tambak Mulyo which is located at the coastal area of Semarang - the capital of Central Java Province. The fisherman settlement located in coastal areas and river estuaries has long existed in Semarang. In recent decades these areas are frequently flooded by heavy tidal flood. Day by day the tidal flood's mean surface level becomes higher and inundation area expands. The activity system of the inhabitants gradually changes from the previous pattern. The changes in system of activity of the inhabitants usually affect its urban setting. However, the reality indicates that the fisherman settlement setting does not change significantly.A series of analysis of the physical setting and the spatial setting has successfully revealed the phenomenon of the unaffected urban setting in the fisherman settlements of Semarang coastal area. Tidal flood that frequently hit this area did not alter the spatial structu Inhabitant's trip pattern was changed only during the tidal flood time. However the trip patterns of people activities beyond the tidal flood time seem are not changed. As far as the spatial structure does not change, the physical setting is not affected.The results of this study can be used as input for urban planning and urban design of Semarang's coastal areas. The policy of Semarang's growth should be synchronized with sustainability issues in its effort to establish a sustainable city