Planning and design approach in Islamic green city towards sustainable city: the case of Martapura

Abstract

Global climate is changing and the green dimension of sustainable development has becoming an imperious agenda for all countries to pursue. Indonesia as part of Asia (which is the most populous Muslim majority country in the world) faces serious environmental problem, and uses the green city concept in most of its Islamic cities. Martapura, as one of the capital city in Indonesia is famous as an Islamic city with great vision and mission for green city. This study analyses the context of urban planning and design approach in Islamic Green city to help improving the quality of environment towards sustainable city. This is a descriptive-analysis study, and data collection conducted by documents and field survey. It concludes lessons learned from the practice of planning and design in Martapura and presents recommendations in planning and design approach for urban planner and designer to make a city more sustainable from an Islamic green city context.