Pengaruh Revitalisasi Kawasan Kota Lama Semarang Terhadap Kondisi Sosial Ekonomi Masyarakat

Abstract

The Old Town Semarang is one of the historical areas that was developed as a tourism desnitation. The Old Town Semarang has several problems such as rob, buildings conditions, and lack of tourist facilities. These problems then underlies Semarang City government to do revitalization. The are several implications of revitalization such as  changes in spatial use, changes in activities, influx of migrants. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of revitalization on the socio-economic conditions of the community. This study was conducted with interviews and questionnaires to identify the revitalization process, the socio-economic conditions of the community, and the effect of revitalization on the socio-economic conditions of the community. The intended community is the people who live and those who have businesses. The analysis were processed using multiple linear regression analysis techniques with the revitalization process as dependent variable and  independent variable are level of security, the level of crime, and social interaction relationships to analyze social conditions. Also independent variables of livelihoods, income levels, job locations and land rent to analyze economic conditions. The analysis show that the revitalization has a positive effect on social conditions and negatively affect the economic conditions.