Spatial Accessibility and Local Governance in Southern Brebes
Aksesibilitas Spasial dan Tata Kelola Pemerintahan di Brebes Selatan
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36982/jpp.v11i4.7722Keywords:
Spatial accessibility, Local governance, Public services, Territorial governance, Southern BrebesAbstract
Purpose: This study analyses the spatial accessibility of Southern Brebes and examines how the local governance of Brebes Regency responds to its territorial characteristics without treating regional proliferation as a predetermined solution.
Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative case study used document analysis and official secondary data from six subdistricts in Southern Brebes. Spatial accessibility was examined through distance, geographical characteristics, population distribution, and service locations, while governance responses were analysed through service distribution, institutional adaptation, delegation, digitalisation, and coordination.
Findings: Southern Brebes faces distinct accessibility conditions due to its relatively long distance from the regency centre, varied geography, and uneven population distribution. Brebes Regency has responded through layered service arrangements, including Bumiayu as a Local Activity Centre (PKL), the Bumiayu Regional General Hospital, the Bumiayu Public Service Outlet, subdistrict-level services, integrated services at the regency centre, and digital services. These adaptations are evident but remain uneven in scope and continuity, leaving access to some services dependent on the regency centre.
Practical Implication: Strengthening Bumiayu’s subregional service role, service continuity, delegation, and digital integration should precede consideration of more structural forms of territorial reorganization.
Originality/value: The study reframes Southern Brebes from a regional proliferation issue into a spatial accessibility and territorial governance problem.
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