Abstract
Indonesia has endorsed a spatial planning law and identified “strategic areas” to promote development in lagging regions. One such regency (region) that has strategic value is Sambas. Sambas regency has two types of “strategic areas”, namely border areas and tourism strategic areas. This paper is a case study on the Sambas regency in West Kalimantan. The study was undertaken at Paloh district (representative of border areas), and Sambas district (representative of tourism areas, besides being the capital city of Sambas regency). This paper attempts to explore and examine one of the “urban network” types, which is a technical/infrastructure network, to assess the orientation tendency within the network concept. It examines some network measurements to explore the area’s position by using degree/density, closeness, centrality, cluster, and structural equivalence. The findings indicate that most of the infrastructure network in Sambas regency is still centralized and oriented towards Sambas district and some easy access areas, in line with its being the province’s capital city (southern part). Regarding the border area (Paloh), overall the linked networks are still limited due to the development priorities and considering the available access and distance problem. To boost development in the border area, interaction should be enhanced, by considering the role of each area and strengthening their connection through modifying the network.
Highlights
As one of the world’s largest and most populous countries, Indonesia's development has become a major challenge for the government
Sambas regency has two “national strategic activity centers” located in Paloh (Temajuk) and Sajingan Besar (Aruk) districts, which are adjacent to Sarawak, Malaysia
Under the National Tourism Master Plan, Sambas regency has been designated as one of the “national tourism strategic areas”, distributed over several districts of Sambas regency, and one of them is located in Sambas district, which is the capital city of Sambas regency
Summary
As one of the world’s largest and most populous countries, Indonesia's development has become a major challenge for the government. The direction of development in Indonesia is guided by Law No 26 of 2007 related to spatial planning, the details of which have been vertically and hierarchically arranged by the government regulations. The general plan hierarchically consists of a national spatial plan, provincial spatial planning, and a regency/city spatial plan. Under the national strategic area, provincial, regency, and city strategic areas are set based on the priority of spatial arrangement, given their importance from the economic, social, cultural, and environmental aspects. One such “strategic region” in West Kalimantan Province is Sambas regency. Sambas regency was assigned the status of a “strategic region” because of its location near the neighboring country
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