Title: Social-ecological resilience for the spatial planning process using a system dynamics model: case study of Northern Bandung area, Indonesia

Authors: Djoko Santoso Abi Suroso; Benedictus Kombaitan

Addresses: School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Ganeca Street, No.10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia ' School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Ganeca Street, No.10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia

Abstract: The spatial planning in Indonesia has been based on the concept of sustainable development, however, the process is considered insufficient to deal with the current dynamic changes and future uncertainty due to global economic pressure. In order to cope with such complex challenges there is an urgent need to prepare resilient spatial plans in responding to major continuous change. The framework of social-ecological systems was used to identify the dynamic interactions between the ecological and social components of the problem of land-use conversion in the Northern Bandung Area. Using a system dynamics model, this research found that the root of such complex problem is the continuous transfer of land ownership. The study ran simulations by applying economic incentives (EIs) in an effort to control land ownership transfer. The simulations show that implementing high effort EIs can decrease the rate of conversion into built-up areas and the degradation of carrying capacity.

Keywords: economic incentive; land use; Northern Bandung area; NBA; spatial plan; social-ecological system; SES; system dynamics; resilience.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSOC.2018.092650

International Journal of Sustainable Society, 2018 Vol.10 No.1, pp.42 - 61

Received: 26 Jul 2017
Accepted: 20 Mar 2018

Published online: 26 Jun 2018 *

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