Menjadi Kota Modern: Transformasi Kota Makassar Pada Abad Ke-20

Abstract

The focus of this paper concerns the idea of a dream as a modern city, especially in Makassar.
Started since the beginning of the 20th century, when the cities in Indonesia are in a vortex
that blends with the development of global modernity. Even to some extent, the practice is
more than what is shown or is happening in the West. The dream of a modern city is knit by
one successive regime, always trying to present and translate the spirit of modernity of every
age. However, urban planning as one of the aspects of the modern city, on the one hand, gives
birth to a reality beyond the plans that have prepared. On the other hand creates irony with
the many imbalances or contradictions. In Makassar, urban planning can never be consistently
implemented due to diverse constraints. Urban planning cannot survive as a sustainable policy.
Each ruling regime has a city plan that is often inconsistent with continuing previous planning.
Subsequent policies tend to be partial and not comprehensive.