The urban neighborhood amid the changing to information society in Indonesia. Case study of the city of Bandung

Abstract

The influx of information technology to the developing world has increasingly shown its impacts when information technology usage has become a part of daily life. Like its features, online apps have altered the way people interact and do daily activities, especially in urban areas. Conceptually the neighborhood was developed as part of the town planning practice and theory for developed worlds, though it is a universal phenomenon. Therefore, the neighborhood idea requires several adjustments to fit the dynamic third-world country context.The study aims to observe the characteristics of urban socio-spatial changes in correlation with the use of online apps and review the extent to which it will modify the essential elements used in defining a neighborhood. It uses an exploratory approach to explain the relationship between spatial character changes and socio-cultural community in two neighborhoods in Bandung city as case studies. The compiled data’s correlational analysis shows several changes in the neighborhood elements characters, either spatial or social related, but they are responses to the inadequate public facilities. In conclusion, to some degree, it has not been significant enough to indicate the neighborhood changes and requires further research to see the advanced information technological impact on urban life