The impact of the Javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activities

The current study aims to see how the development of kinship settlement clusters by land inheritance practice influences spatial conditions in rural Java. Literature, interviews, and field studies are conducted to understand the land history and ownership of the three case study villages. Spatial an...

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Main Authors: Adityo Adityo, Yu Shibata
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-04-01
Series:Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2025.2494083
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Yu Shibata
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description The current study aims to see how the development of kinship settlement clusters by land inheritance practice influences spatial conditions in rural Java. Literature, interviews, and field studies are conducted to understand the land history and ownership of the three case study villages. Spatial analysis is carried out to clarify the development of kinship settlement clusters and their spatial characteristics. Furthermore, activity analysis was conducted to see the relationship between kinship settlement clusters with current resident activity and space usage. The study results show that land inheritance practice accelerates land fragmentation in rural Java. Land inheritance creates the kinship cluster and increases the number of buildings and the self-development of internal cluster infrastructure. The garden house compound has become smaller, and some elements have vanished. Rural activity is still preserved in kinship settlement clusters, but the space for activities has a more complex status. An organic shared yard and shared access are developed, and there are no borders and limitations for use by all residents in the kinship settlement cluster. This study provides insight into the unique and organic development of Javanese rural spatial configuration in current conditions to understand the opportunity and threat for rural preservation in Java.
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spelling doaj-art-6c9bd8ef433d416db0ee306d47897f612025-08-20T02:19:43ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522025-04-010012310.1080/13467581.2025.24940832494083The impact of the Javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activitiesAdityo Adityo0Yu Shibata1Prefectural University of KumamotoPrefectural University of KumamotoThe current study aims to see how the development of kinship settlement clusters by land inheritance practice influences spatial conditions in rural Java. Literature, interviews, and field studies are conducted to understand the land history and ownership of the three case study villages. Spatial analysis is carried out to clarify the development of kinship settlement clusters and their spatial characteristics. Furthermore, activity analysis was conducted to see the relationship between kinship settlement clusters with current resident activity and space usage. The study results show that land inheritance practice accelerates land fragmentation in rural Java. Land inheritance creates the kinship cluster and increases the number of buildings and the self-development of internal cluster infrastructure. The garden house compound has become smaller, and some elements have vanished. Rural activity is still preserved in kinship settlement clusters, but the space for activities has a more complex status. An organic shared yard and shared access are developed, and there are no borders and limitations for use by all residents in the kinship settlement cluster. This study provides insight into the unique and organic development of Javanese rural spatial configuration in current conditions to understand the opportunity and threat for rural preservation in Java.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2025.2494083land inheritanceland fragmentationgarden houserural activitykinship settlement cluster
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The impact of the Javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activities
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
land inheritance
land fragmentation
garden house
rural activity
kinship settlement cluster
title The impact of the Javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activities
title_full The impact of the Javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activities
title_fullStr The impact of the Javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activities
title_full_unstemmed The impact of the Javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activities
title_short The impact of the Javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activities
title_sort impact of the javanese rural kinship settlement cluster development on spatial characteristic of traditional garden houses and resident activities
topic land inheritance
land fragmentation
garden house
rural activity
kinship settlement cluster
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2025.2494083
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