Configuring educational facilities services pattern in traditional cities (A case study of Yogyakarta and Surakarta city)

Abstract

In accordance with the regulatory mandate, the policy of providing educational facilities will be carried out by considering aspects of population size and distribution of schools. The development of new facilities is used service scales and capacity factors. The aims of this study are measuring the school service rates and patterns in the traditional or historical cities which are define as Yogyakarta and Surakarta City. The results of this study are needed to validate the results of previous studies and this is done in several cities with different characteristics. Measurements were made by cell/grid catchment analysis (CGC) with the aim of identifying service levels from each region. CGC analysis is used as a modification method which is considered to produce comprehensive results rather than basic methods. The results showed that the average level of primary school services in the city of Yogyakarta was 351% and different from Surakarta City, which had a high level of 1.036%. In addition, school services in Yogyakarta configure a relatively similar pattern among sub-areas while unique patterns are found in Surakarta City. These patterns can be explained that students in Surakarta have diverse and broad access to primary schools while students in Yogyakarta have a limited range.