Factors Influencing User’s Behavior at Riverbank Space

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VIII, Issue XII, December 2021 | ISSN 2321–2705

Factors Influencing User’s Behavior at Riverbank Space

Suryaning Setyowati^1,2, Achmad Djunaedi², Ahmad Sarwadi² , Diananta Pramitasari^2
1 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta Indonesia
²Doctoral Program of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Abstract—The pedestrian path on one of the riverbanks that divides Surakarta, namely Kali Pepe, which is primarily used for circulation, is also used for a variety of activities by the surrounding communities The purpose of this research is to identify the factors that influence riverbank space use behavior. A qualitative descriptive case study was used as the research method. The Pringgodani Row House, Pringgading Village, Setabelan Village, Banjarsari District, Surakarta City, and 6 samples of row houses were chosen as cases on the banks of the Kali Pepe river. The findings indicated that space constraints, occupant status, health, livelihoods, and security were factors that influenced he behavior of using the edge space, evidenced by the closure of the pedestrian street with a full canopy that functions as a living room, terrace, kitchen, gathering room, space for drying and circulation. This paper would help pedestrian planners in the edge space make the most of it as a public space and circulation space.

Keywords—Riverbank, behavior, space use, public space

I. INTRODUCTION

The riverbank area in the middle of the city has an interesting phenomenon in changing the physical structure of the residential environment. The arrangement and physical appearance of a city do not solely reflect the social structure of society or the norms, values, and behavior of its citizens, but also imply a combination of preservation and growth, stability and change, order and chaos, certainty and uncertainty, formal and informal, the past and the future, and so on [5].
According to Koentjoroningrat (2002) one type of culture is activity, which is defined as a complex of human activities, actions, and patterned actions in the context of social life [8]. The housing and settlement sector is critical in the development of a city to the effects of urbanization. On the one hand, urbanization is associated with environmental degradation and community social conditions in addition to increasing economic developments. When immigrant of communities that have urbanized do not have a fixed destination after moving to urban areas, they tend to occupy land that was built independently without regard for environmental aspects, despite all existing constraints. These factors can give the impression that they live in a slum in their neighborhood [2].

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