Controlling Urban Sprawl with Integrated Approach of Space-transport Development Strategies

Urban sprawl phenomenon has been a huge issue since 20th century characterized by a rapid and unbalanced settlement development with transportation network particularly in a suburban area. The improvement of public transport system is a major requirement to minimize urban sprawl. Academic researchers have explained the linkage strategy between transportation network and urban planning. However, insufficient empirical verification has been made to control this phenomenon by using the integrated approach of space-transport development. This paper focuses on analyzing the improvement of public transport supply incorporated with settlement development. The improvement of public transport (PT) is designed by planning Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), Light Rapid Transit (LRT), and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. The impact of PT improvement has affected on the settlement development. Setting balance between employment and population density is designed as alternative of urban spatial strategy. These approaches are necessary in order to analyze and evaluate the many alternatives to overcome this situation. The result reveals that the requirement to integrate the space-transport development strategy in order to control the settlement development in the suburb has to be done to reduce 10% of travel time and to increase double the usage possibility to public transport mode. The strategies should be done in the further research with considering on impact assessment and the residents preferences intended to determine the preferred and strategic option for them.