Understanding the Characteristics of "ekistics" Elements in Determining Factors of Urban Settlement Growth

Abstract

The development of urban settlements causes fast flow of urbanization. These condition leads to the growth of uncontrolled settlements which indicates Urban Sprawl Phenomenon. The phenomenon of urban sprawl begins with the need of the community to obtain better living standard, especially for residential functions. That residential function associated with urban sprawl is driven by settlement growth in certain locations (sporadic growth), and it is difficult to control (the impacts on the decline in environmental quality due to changes in certain land functions). By looking at these conditions, the understanding of the phenomenon of settlement growth must be conducted through the right approach. The approach views from an ecological element by examining a settlement in one large frame, total settlement patterns with a two-way classification scheme [1]. This research was conducted to understand the condition of settlement growth in order to find out the existing growth factors. The research area is located in the urban Situbondo with growth characteristics influenced by coastal and agriculture condition becoming the trigger of growth. Based on the results of the AHP calculation in Situbondo Regency, it is known that the most influential factor on settlement growth is natural factors with an assessment value of 0.243. Based on the morphological approach, the influence of natural factors shaping the pattern of ribbon settlement growth a small observation scale and the octopus pattern in the big range scale observation.