The Place-Identity of Denpasar in the 21st Century
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201009.012How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- place-identity, urban development
- Abstract
The issue of place-identity is growing importance in the age of globalization where the homogeneity of urban development and architecture threatens the local identity of many places in the world. In Bali, this issue has long been debated and responded by the government by issuing a set of regulation to sustain the sense of place of the built environment. However, the place-identity of a particular place is in a state of constant revision as the way it is built, used, and experienced have changed. This paper explores the dynamic of place-identity construction of a city in constant development. Denpasar, the capital of Bali, is selected as the case study to examine how local people develop their places of living, what drives that development, and what it means to the city’s place-identity in a contemporary situation. A series of fieldworks is conducted to observe the physical development of the city to construct the map of the city. A historical analysis is done by conducting interviews in different localities in the city. An archival analysis is also carried out to understand the dynamic of government policy. The place-identity of the city is constructed from similar philosophies with different practices in dissimilar locations. As a result, the place-identity of the city has long been considered as a patchwork of different characteristics. Moreover, different parts of the city have been developed differently. Managing place-identities could be done by establishing a set of regulations, however, a place is always being constructed and re-constructed by the inhabitants. Therefore, room for innovation should be provided.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - I Nyoman Gede Maha Putra AU - Ni Wayan Nurwarsih PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/10 TI - The Place-Identity of Denpasar in the 21st Century BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Dwelling Form (IDWELL 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 113 EP - 122 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201009.012 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201009.012 ID - Putra2020 ER -