Title:
STUDENTIFICATION EFFECTS ON BUILDING DEVELOPMENT IN ABDUL HAKIM STREET CORRIDOR, MEDAN

Authors:
M G Wirapaksi, B O Y Marpaung and H Suwantoro

Abstract:
Students from outside the city target areas near universities as settlement. Responding to this demand, the community around universities also took part in providing facilities for student needs. This phenomenon is called Studentification. This research looks at whether there is studentification in the area around the University of Sumatera Utara, especially in Abdul Hakim Street corridor, Medan. The author collects data by field observations, interviews, and collecting area maps in 2009 and 2019. After the data was collected, the author analyze the data by comparing the data in 2009 with existing conditions in 2019. From the analysis, it was found that there was a significant development in Abdul Hakim Street corridor, Medan. Classification of buildings by function indicates studentification has occurred in Abdul Hakim Street corridor, Medan.

Keywords:
studentification, land use, corridor, city development

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2021.4325