Land use growth simulation and optimization in the urban area

Developing countries nowadays have been trying to manage their metropolitan area because of urban growth problem. Improper location, sprawl, environmental degradation, etc. are typical problems appeared in Jakarta Metropolitan Region. Jakarta province exhibits a “post-suburbia” phenomenon which is characterized by a decline of central city population and the growth and the dominance of its vicinity (Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi). Bekasi city, in the Jakarta Metropolitan Region, faces many problems regarding the urban growth. Helping the local city planners by giving a modeling and simulation tool would be beneficial in managing land use. This typical “what-if” analysis model would be able to give the planners the consequences of their plans. However, they need another tool for allocating some land uses through a land use optimization tool. This study showed that modeling, simulation, and optimization can work together to handle the urban growth in an urban area.