Draft of Preface

Abstract

Dear honorable speakers, participants, board of committees, guests, ladies, and gentlemenOn behalf of the 2019 ICUDEP organizing committee, I am honored and glad to welcome you to the 1st International Conference on Urban Design and Planning (ICUDEP) 2019, with the theme "Challenges and Opportunities: Towards Sustainable Urban Design". The conference is expected to be an interactive international forum for sharing and exchanging the latest research information on sustainable urban design and planning, resilient and healthy cities, urban rural relations.Our technical program is rich and varied with 4 keynote speeches and around 80 technical papers divided into 4 parallel oral presentation sessions. The participants come from various countries and from all over Indonesia consisting of researchers, lecturers, practitioners, graduate students and scholars from various institutions. A large number of papers submitted to this conference show that interest in the field of urban design and planning is increasing in the country and throughout the world. We also proudly present plenary speakers who are eligible to share their valuable information and knowledge at this conference. On behalf of the 2019 ICUDEP committee, we hope that all participants have good results. We would like to express our appreciation to the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University, and the main speakers. On this occasion, I also want to thanks to the organizing team of the Laboratory of Urban Design, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Diponegoro University for all their hard work and dedication in preparing this conference. We tried our best in organizing this event, we humbly realized that we might still lack in some parts. Therefore we want to apologize for any inconvenience caused. We are proud to present ICUDEP 2019, and hopefully inspire us.Dr. Ars. Ir. Rina Kurniati, MT.Chair of Organizing Committee1st International Conference on Urban Design and Planning (ICUDEP) 2019