| Abstrak/Abstract |
Great physical environment design influences the region development. It could accommodate the activity
well, provide a good security, and comfort street space user for using the public space. However, poor
physical environment design would cause the decline of street space quality and caused the transfer of
activity centre to the better developed area. This poor area could be gradually abandoned and become a
?dead area?. Furthermore, it caused high potentially area for crime.
Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang (KKLS) is an area with a high historical value and has good potential for
development in tourism, economic, social, and cultural sector. It is necessary to develop and revitalize this
potential aspect in KKLS. KKLS management tends to be less progressive and lack of community
participation. The lack of seriousness that was demonstrated by the city government in managing KKLS
led to a decline on the street space quality in this area. This decline and the lack of positive activity in the
evening cause the negative image of KKLS. Therefore, the KKLS would be vulnerable to criminal
activities.
This research aims to determine the relationship between physical elements on street space characteristics
and criminal activity that occurs in KKLS. This research employs using deduction theory at the method
(which is adopting the major concept of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)),
enclosure theory, and sense of space theory as the basic theory. These methods would be applied during the
research and data analyzing. This research is expected to be a consideration in the review of the relevance
on the RTBL of KKLS to the latest condition and draw up the concept of CPTED in Indonesia.
The results were able to show the level of criminal activity against insecurity on the secondary road
especially in the central part of the street, particularly against vandalism and prostitution. Some
characteristics of the physical elements in KKLS affect the occurrence of criminal activity, mainly the
physical elements related to the aspect of natural surveillance and maintenance (image and milieu) on
KKLS. Design guidelines would be proposed to create an anticipative place against crime at night. It takes
the action of residents, local communities, and government to develop KKLS. |
