This PhD research targets to find the solution for housing development in Indonesia to achieve sustainable Urban Form through land use control on residential land use. Start from the review on the spatial planning in Indonesia, this PhD dissertation introduces the spatial planning system in Indonesia and its implementation in Surabaya city. Further, we focus on traditional life style, this research attempts to present the adaptability of dwellers to arrange their house. Dwellers tend to adjust their spatial setting in order to accommodate domestic activities. We have studied a settlement area which has kampong characteristics by strong Javanese influence. There are several individual variations and differentiations in the area, especially on the function of rooms and the implications on spatial arrangement. Javanese cultural characteristics are mostly unchanged. This part discusses a study about Javanese perceptions of rooms in the house and their perceptions of the flexibility of the rooms.

The strength of tradition supports the element of stability from one generation to another. In the case of housing pattern where traditions will generally be passed on to the next generation, we use vernacular approach. Tradition is still maintained when utilizing the home as a Home-based Enterprise (HBE). HBE developments are based on a family’s economic growth rate and their living needs. In homogeneous houses, it appears that there is vernacular activity in building or repairing homes. As an example, in the case of HBEs, housing activities are maintained during the process of urban growth. Houses need to be expanded according to the needs of livings and business activities within a limited urban area. In this research the pattern of house development based on vernacular HBEs, encompassing both living activities and business activities, has been investigated. In the scope of Land Use Zoning (LUZ) is necessary to control the housing development in residential use. In the case of The LUZ in Indonesia, there is not enough categories in determining the different types of land use for residential use.