Indonesia Conference Directory

This study sought to describe the causal and temporal change of peri-urban Semarang, using a qualitative research method to provide empirical resources for a comprehensive time series changes in Kampong Tambak Lorok. Participants were 14 residents of Kampong Tambak Lorok who have lived for more than 50 years in the kampong recruited via theoretical sampling. Participants underwent in-depth individual interviews on their lives history, which were recorded and transcribed for qualitative analysis, which followed Strauss and Corbin-s (1998) Grounded theory. After open coding, participants- life history were categorized into 110 codes, 41 sub-categories, and 28 categories. The categories were further analyzed in a temporal model and causal model, which describes the dynamics of change in Kampong Tambak Lorok. Settlements in the region first appeared around 1913 and developed into fishing villages until the era of Indonesian independence. The change in Kampong Tambak Lorok is increasingly dynamic as the construction of the Nusantara Port (Tanjung Mas Port) and the establishment of the Kampong Bahari Tambak Lorok.