The Growth of Rest Area at the Development Axis in the Southern Part of West Java

This paper reports the results of research on the growth of the rest area in the long road between Bandung-Ciamis which is the main axis of development in the southern part of West Java. The aim is to explain how it grows.The method used was to analyze a rest area in chronologically, since its establishment until the time of field observations conducted. The spatial elements observed are land uses and its growth. The data used are the maps of location and the number of houses and building in certain years. Information was obtained from key persons who know about the development of the rest area.The findings are initiation of development of the rest area is the existence of transport facilities or business activities of medium-large-scale, and there is a cyclical process and cumulative causation between area size and its attractiveness for travellers do stop.