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Airbnb adoption is growing in Indonesian cities, yet little is known about how its spatial dynamics intersect with urban features and tourism economies in cities of the Global South. This study presents a systematic spatial analysis of Airbnb performance in Indonesia, with a focus on Jakarta and Bandung. Using detailed performance data from AirDNA, we employ spatial autocorrelation and spatial regression models, specifically the Spatial Lag Model (SLM) and Spatial Error Model (SEM), to investigate the potential impact of urban amenities on Airbnb revenue. Our findings reveal distinct city-specific dynamics: in Bandung, Airbnb revenue is positively associated with the presence of restaurants and hotels but negatively correlated with concentrated commercial centres such as shopping malls, reflecting the city’s culinary-driven tourism economy. In contrast, in Jakarta, Airbnb revenue is strongly linked to shopping centres and restaurants, while hotels show no significant influence, suggesting Airbnb operates within differentiated market niches. These results underscore the critical role of local context and associated development policies in shaping platform economies, demonstrating that Airbnb’s performance cannot be generalised across cities, even within the same country. By highlighting the association between spatial factors and short-term rental markets in Indonesia, this paper contributes to the broader debate on sustainable tourism and platform urbanism in the Global South.

The emergence of the creative economy as a new economic wave in Indonesia has led to implementing of various policies and strategies since 2006. In particular, South Jakarta, Indonesia, has been designated as a creative city focusing on developing the fine arts subsector. The findings reveal that the development of South Jakarta as a creative city for the fine arts has met the minimum prerequisites required for a creative city in Indonesia. The city has emphasized effectiveness, efficiency, and adequacy in developing the fine arts subsector. The study sheds light on the readiness of South Jakarta’s creative city, which heavily relies on the involvement of the local government and creative communities. Overall, this research offers valuable insights into the roles of the local government and creative communities. It also highlights the need to actively involve academics and the media in the city’s creative city development endeavours.

Social capital (i.e. bonding and bridging) affects food security. In Indonesia, studies have been conducted at the site level, covering households in specific provinces, districts, subdistricts, or even villages. Accordingly, this study contributes to the existing literature by employing a sample of 68,304 households across Indonesia using data from Statistics Indonesia's (BPS's) 2018 National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS). Based on Lewbel's (2012. \"Using Heteroscedasticity to Identify and Estimate Mismeasured and Endogenous Regressor Models.\" Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 30 (1): 67-80) two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression test, the results suggest that bonding and bridging social capital positively affect food security. Specifically, bridging social capital has a more substantial influence on food security.

The creation of ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) in 1992 and decentralization in 1999 mark the state restructuring in Indonesia. This book analyses the impact of state restructuring on regional economic development in Indonesia between 1993 and 2010. Regional economic analysis shows persistent and severe regional disparities throughout the period. Particularly, econometrics study found that decentralization has accelerated regional disparities whilst the AFTA effect is insignificant on regional economic growth. Furthermore, historical institutionalism analysis on two cities - the manufacturing industry in Batam and the creative economy in Bandung - shows that past and embedded local institutions provide the capacity to adapt and create new development paths. The book suggests the importance of local-specific policies that embrace local knowledge and institutions to develop regional specialization and competitive advantage. This book fills the gap in Indonesian literature that lacks studies on the integrated impact of decentralization and trade liberalization, both economically and politically.

The increasing demand for land development due to human activities has fueled urbanization. However, uncontrolled urban development in some regions has resulted in urban environmental problems arising from an imbalance between supply and demand. This study aims to develop an integrated model for evaluating and prioritizing the management of hazardous urban sprawl in the Bandung metropolitan region of Indonesia. The novelty of this study lies in its pioneering application of long-term remote sensing data-based and machine learning techniques to formulate an urban sprawl priority index. This index is unique in its consideration of the impacts stemming from human economic activity, environmental degradation, and multi-disaster levels as integral components. The analysis of hazardous urban sprawl across three distinct time periods (1985–1993, 1993–2008, and 2008–2018) revealed that the 1993–2008 period had the highest increase in human economic activity, reaching 172,776 ha. The 1985–1993 period experienced the highest level of environmental degradation in the study area. Meanwhile, the 1993–2008 period showed the highest concentration of multi-hazard locations. The combined model of hazardous urban sprawl, incorporating the three parameters, indicated that the highest priority for intervention was on the outskirts of urban areas, specifically in West Bandung Regency, Cimahi, Bandung Regency, and East Bandung Regency. Regions with high-priority indices require greater attention from the government to mitigate the negative impacts of hazardous urban sprawl. This model, driven by the urban sprawl priority index, is envisioned to regulate urban movement in a more sustainable manner. Through the efficient monitoring of urban environments, the study seeks to guarantee the preservation of valuable natural resources while promoting sustainable urban development practices.

This study focuses on Aomori, a prefecture situated in the northern part of the Japanese main island Honshu. Riding on the popularity of time-slip-themed entertainment, Aomori began to brand itself as a place where people can experience a time-travel journey to the Jomon, the Japanese prehistoric era. Through this study, we investigated the practice of Aomori to incorporate fantasy in its heritage tourism. Mixed-method research was used to retrieve and analyze information about Aomori and its Jomon-themed time-slip tourism, including desk research and word frequency analysis. While selling fantasy in tourism is a not-so-new topic, the Aomori case shed light on the alternative strategy that regional areas can consider. The prefecture showed us the prospect to combine fantasy and the local culture to attract younger tourists and dedicated pop-culture fans to visit the local attractions. It also demonstrated the potential of thematic fantasy in heritage tourism, especially archaeotourism, often perceived as boring by the younger generation. Additionally, the Aomori case indicated the importance of tourism infrastructure, creative marketing, and innovation in heritage tourism. It further signifies the importance of speeding up digital transformation for the future of heritage tourism.

The creation of ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) in 1992 and decentralization in 1999 mark the state restructuring in Indonesia. This book analyses the impact of state restructuring on regional economic development in Indonesia between 1993 and 2010. Regional economic analysis shows persistent and severe regional disparities throughout the period. Particularly, econometrics study found that decentralization has accelerated regional disparities whilst the AFTA effect is insignificant on regional economic growth. Furthermore, historical institutionalism analysis on two cities — the manufacturing industry in Batam and the creative economy in Bandung — shows that past and embedded local institutions provide the capacity to adapt and create new development paths. The book suggests the importance of local-specific policies that embrace local knowledge and institutions to develop regional specialization and competitive advantage. This book fills the gap in Indonesian literature that lacks studies on the integrated impact of decentralization and trade liberalization, both economically and politically.

The economic policy shift towards trade liberalization and decentralization has occurred globally. State restructuring should be viewed as a window of opportunity to promote regional development balance. However, presently there is a widening gap in regional developments due to the varied levels of local capacities. There were severe regional disparities between the eastern, western, and central regions. It is a reflection of the central government's imbalanced development policies which were put in place ever since the New Order regime had come into power.This chapter documents the process of establishing institutions and looks at the transition period between the New Order regime and the decentralization period. This chapter explores institutional arrangements at the national level and between the central and regional hierarchies for the New Order regime. Consequently, the chapter elaborates on the politicaleconomic changes towards the end of the New Order and the critical juncture at which institutional change could be seen as a possibility. Apart from examining the institutional arrangement for regional development in the New Order regime, this chapter argues that institutional arrangements between the central government and regions have influenced the economic divergence in terms of regional development as well as variations in the growth rate for the current regime. The long-standing authoritarian institutional arrangements have been institutionalized into the bureaucracy and political landscape, and this has altered the way politicians pursued policymaking at both the national and local levels. It is for this reason that the last part of this chapter expounds on the paradox of state restructuring decentralization processes. The paradox is that even as the government underwent decentralization, a certain level of centralized coordination was required in order to capitalize on AFTA agreements as a way to accelerate regional development.THE LINEAGE OF REGIONAL CRITICAL ANTECEDENT INSTITUTIONS: THE NEW ORDER REGIMEFollowing the socio-political riots of 1965, the new regime ruled Indonesia for more than thirty years (1966–98). The authoritarian New Order regime under President Suharto was enveloped by a political image which evoked a free pluralistic society, symbolized by the parliamentary (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat or DPR) general elections every five years (Canonica-Walangitang 2004). The general election became a political theatre as the MPR re-elected President Suharto by acclamation in six consecutive elections.