LW-IRSPSD 2013 - Special Issue on: “Local wisdom as A Guide to City Spatial Planning" International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development

Guest Editor:
WIKANTIYOSO, Respati, Prof. PhD, Universitas Merdeka Malang
TUTUKO, Pindo, Lecturer, Universitas Merdeka Malang*
*Corresponding Editor: email: pindotutuko-AT-yahoo.com
Management of the city through Spatial Planning requires a comprehensive approach that is expected to be able to accommodate the interests of stakeholders and aspects of social equity. Local wisdom is an effort in order to realize the sustainable society through a contextual approach and a participatory approach.
Excavation concept or theory, and the best practices on indigenous knowledge obtained from past designs (traditional setting, modern setting) can improve the urban planning process. The Urban development policy as outlined in planning regulations should be able to accommodate local wisdom as an attempt to provide the specific characters of a city. Understanding the potential wisdom of stakeholders is important to create an environment of harmony for sustainable society in planning process.
Nowadays, urban planning substantially far from the requirements of adequacy as a guide for urban development in local cities of developing countries, to achieve that, the approach of the "Local Wisdom" is used as a key element in the planning process.
Subject Coverage
Local wisdom as a guide to City Spatial Planning including the following aspects:
Public participation
Synchronization of legislation
Spatial deviation from the rules and norms.
Conflict between Inter-sector and inter-regional.
Environmental degradation.
Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All papers are refereed through a double-blind review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the on-line submission page.
Important Dates
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 15 July, 2013
Communication of peer review to authors: 20 August, 2013
Deadline for revised manuscripts: 12 October 2013