Agent-Based Modeling as Reevaluating Design Strategy for Urban Creative Tourism Experience (Case Study: Under Ampera Bridge, SMB Plaza)

Abstract

The Musi Riverside is surrounded by historically tourism districts, like Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin (SMB) Museum, Benteng Kuto Besak (BKB), Monpera, and 16 Ilir Market. This site is under Ampera Bridge and SMB Plaza which has potential pedestrian movement, but this area has urban issues, traffic congestion, slump area, and underdeveloped district. The goal of this study is to reevaluate the development of design strategy for urban creative tourism by experimenting agent-based modeling. The development of design strategy itself is to facilitate pedestrian movement in design tourism facility, public facility, and hub facility based on movement circulation of local and tourist pedestrians. Pedestrian flow reveals the use of space, capacity, accessibility, and density flow which describes movement patterns of pedestrians. This goal project is to analyze urban tourism planning configurations and to give designers and decision-makers a tool to measure the amount of walking in neighborhoods.