Effect of Real Estate Development on Urban Environment Based on Sustainability

Abstract

The development of an area will usually be followed by the development of a population. The increase of population will have implications for the increasing number of housing needs. The house is one of the basic needs for human beings to live and socialize. The development of houses would require space, if this is not controlled or has managed properly it will give a negative impact because land is limited.The development of Surabaya City is very fast, both socio-economic and physical manifestations require spatial rules and guidelines to monitor and control the growth of the city. In the process of development, Surabaya need to think about indicators of sustainable development, especially about housing and settlements aspects mainly related to the presence of residential area. Residence is designed into a dynamic area that is responsive to the growth of a region. Under the existing policy, real estate at Surabaya coast is planned for the central region of the housing and functioned as a center for beach recreation, higher education center in Surabaya and East coast collection or distribution center for the surrounding region. Based on the indicators of sustainable development, the purpose of this study was to understood the real estate development impact on the urban environment, especially Surabaya.

The method used in this research is using indicator of sustainable development based on UN Habitat for the analysis of the study area (Real estate A) with the direction of the development of the city of Surabaya. Based on the survey results of the research is that in the process of development the Real estate A are not in line with the regulations imposed by the city of Surabaya, especially in the environmental aspect. There is need a specific measures to realize all of the indicators of sustainable development in accordance with the specified indicators of UN Habitat

Keywords: Real estate, Eco-city, Sustainable Development.