The Compact City Concept in Creating Resilient City and Transportation Systme in Surabaya

Abstract

The increasing population in Surabaya has expanded the city's areas until its suburbs. In 2000, 2.4 million people lived in the city and this population dramatically increases to be more than 3 million in 2011. The main problem comes from the central activities for the communities which have been centralized in the city center while people move to live outside the city. Commuters with long distances indicated by travel volumes which are bigger in the streets which connect the city center to its suburbs comparing to the streets which connect nodes inside the city have shown the non-resilient city planning which disregards environmental issues. In 2005, the transportation sector already produced 5,480,000 ton of carbon dioxides and contributed 96% from all total emissions in Surabaya.