INDUSTRIAL PLANNING IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: On the role of informal sector in urban context

Rully Damayanti (Architecture Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning Petra Christian University, Surabaya)

DIMENSI: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment
Vol. 30 No. 2 (2002): DECEMBER 2002

In many Third World cities, the approach to industrial planning is adapted from developed countries. Planning system may conflict with the dynamics of an informal sector where priorities are directed to the fundamentals of survival in an often competitive and hostile working environment. It is important for Third World’ governments to identify planning approaches that respect the current condition of land use occupation. Modernization of traditional or informal sectors may develop integrated linkages with the formal sector creating opportunities land use integration between these sectors.