Paper presented at International Seminar on Waterfront Development, Mercure Ancol, Jakarta, August 2, 2006.

ABSTRACT

In most cities, waterfront/riverfront development has been ignored. As a result, some new development occurs beyond the river. Consequently, the river has become a dirty rear area. On the other hand, the development image of the city and the willingness to preserve culture and the historic value of the city also influence the waterfront/riverfront area development. Historic preservation can help to stimulate waterfront revitalization, by preserving the unique character of historic urban riverfront; city is able to enhance the development potential of their waterfront.

Singapore

’s waterfront development can be a good experience in relation to city historic preservation that concerns the public-private partnership and community involvement.

Banjarmasin

in

South

Kalimantan

Province

has been known as a

Thousand-River

City

for a long time because the city activities particularly depend on the river. To deal with the decline of river settlement quality, the Province Government of South Kalimantan arranged the 1994 Building and Environmental Planning in North Kuin Riverfront area. The establishment of the 1994 Building and Environmental Planning should be able to solve the problems. Unfortunately, that planning could not be implemented, which was caused by the imperfect riverfront housing standardization, the un-integrated planning and the absence of community participation in planning. In 2001, in co-operation with National Government, the Province Government revised the planning to revitalize North Kuin Riverfront area. It seems that the revised planning has a better performance than the previous planning that has tried to stimulate the community participation and to adopt the integrated planning approach.

By considering the concept of revitalization of historical site, integrated urban development approach and organizing capacity, we can understand that it is important to improve the development performance. The integrated urban development can increases efficiency and effectiveness of urban development project.

Keywords:revitalization, integrated approach, organizing capacity