FAKTOR PEMBENTUK PERSEPSI RUANG KOMUNAL DI PEMUKIMAN NELAYAN (Studi Kasus: Pemukiman Nelayan Tambak Mulyo Semarang)

Abstract

In certain settlement, human always interact with the physical setting arround of them. That interaction causes
perception inside of that human, because perception is the process of organizing and interpretating of stimulus
provided by the environment (Rita, 1983). So the perception is strongly influenced by the individual human and
physical surroundings. Based on the theory of perception, found problems in Tambak Mulyo as fishermen
settlement in Semarang, where the inhabitants of Tambak Mulyo do the communal activities on the road
environment. Road environment should be a mode of land transport circulation is also used for the communal
space. Seeing this phenomenon, it can be concluded that there is the perception of communal space in the
fishermen settlement in Tambak Mulyo. And this study aimed to explore the factors forming the perception of
communal space.
In answering the research objectives, the research paradigm used is a quantitative rationalistic to construct
factor variables. In constructing the factor variabless, based on the theory that the perception of the individual
and the setting up of the physical environment (Sarlito, 1992). So that the required variables are perception
variables and variables of communal space. The variables is operationalized into a questionnaire that is easy to
understand the respondents, next after the questionnaire data collected, the data were analyzed using factor
analysis statistical test, so of many variable factors that could wake is reduced to just a few factors that
significantly causes the perception of communal space in the fishermen settlement.
At the output of this research, revealed about the causal factors of the perception of communal space in the
fishermen settlement. These factors is a collection of variable factors that have a strong correlation in the
analysis. By knowing the factors forming the perception of communal space in the fishing settlement, expected to
provide input in the planning and design of fishing settlements.
Key words : Perception, Communal Space, Physical Setting