<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "THE ROLE OF SMALL TOWNS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF KEDUNGSEPUR, CENTRAL JAVA"^^ . "Mega-urban is an expansion of a metropolitan to the surrounding area. This formed a functional connectivity be/wees the main city and its surrounding area (Laquian, 2005). By this, the role of each region should be balance. The main city should play the highest role, and stimulate the growth of surrounding areas. However, the contrary happened that the main city are ohen extremely dominant. Thereby, the role of the small towns around the metropolitan are now weakened (Sari and Mardiansjah, 2010). They can not further play their role as the center of economic activity for rurals. Contrary, their dependency to the main ci/y become higher.\r\n\r\nThis kind of dependency also took place in the region of Kedungsepur. Kedungsepur consist of one main city (Semarang) and many small towns surround if. Semarang is apparently very dominant because of all activities, especially economic, are oriented to Semarang. Consequently, he small towns’ dependency to the main city are higher, particularly in case of public services (Nugroho et at, 2010). Thus, many problems has emerged such as regional disparity, congestion, the growth of commuters, and uncontrolled spatial development.\r\n\r\nBase on this background, this research tends to examine /he growth and role of the small towns in Kedungsepur. The area selected for this study is the area between Semarang — Salatiga, spesifically the small towns along the regional line of Joglsemar (Jogja-Solo-Semarang). The towns are Ungaran, Bergas, Bawen, Ambarawa, and Tuntang. The methods which was used to examine the role of small cities are the LQ and shihshare model. The result shows that Ambarawa and Bawen can be developed as the secondary center, while the other towns (Tuntang, West and Ewast Ungaran, and Pringapus) have the lower orde. Each of them has a spesification depend on their economic potential. West and East Ungaran, and Ambarawa play their role as the local service center. while Bergas, Pringapus, Bawen and Tuntang are the area service center, especially in industrial service. Thus, this study also propose an idea on the development concept of these towns.\r\n\r\nKeywords: regional, small town, mega urban\t“"^^ . "2011-07-13" . . . . . . . . "."^^ . "Solikhah Retno Hidayati"^^ . ". Solikhah Retno Hidayati"^^ . . . . "Proceedings of International Seminar on Urban and Regional Planning PLANNING IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE"^^ . . . . . "Makasar"^^ . . . . . . "THE ROLE OF SMALL TOWNS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF KEDUNGSEPUR, CENTRAL JAVA (Text)"^^ . . . "The rolle of small towns in regional development of kendungsepur central java__.pdf"^^ . . . "THE ROLE OF SMALL TOWNS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF KEDUNGSEPUR, CENTRAL JAVA (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #2930 \n\nTHE ROLE OF SMALL TOWNS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF KEDUNGSEPUR, CENTRAL JAVA\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "HE Transportation and Communications"@en . .