Welcome to the 2019 Networking Initiative Summer School “Urban Strangulation: Constricted
Cities in Rapid Private Urban Development” organized by Universitas Pembangunan Jaya and
supported by the Humboldt Foundation through the Humboldt Alumni Award and the Ministry of
Research, Technology, and Higher Education of Indonesia. The summer school aims to bring
experts to guide young scientists in solving the problem arising in the interface of the highly
sophisticated private communities/cities and less-developed isolated regions from the urban
perspectives.
Rapid urban development drives the speed at which cities are growing. Huge strain on the growing
cities will take place as there are increased demand in infrastructure and services due to migrating
people toward the urban centers, often beyond the expansion or development capacity of the
municipal government. The increased need for infrastructure to cater the urban expansion has
spawned the emergence of private communities/cities offer comfort and convenience for their
inhabitants; however they pose serious challenges on bigger scale where isolated pockets of
underdeveloped by-product appear in-between. This summer school, as the second phase of the
3-year networking initiative program, presents a unique opportunity for young scientists to observe and experience real-world challenges in the constricted regions.
