Planning practice in Indonesia during COVID-19: insights from students

ABSTRACT

Urban planners must adapt to changing social needs as the profession evolves. Planning students’ views on the profession during COVID-19 are examined in this paper. This study collected discussions from students on a virtual bulletin board. Students were asked how planners support public health protocols, what planning products need updating, and how planners can meet future challenges. Students believe urban planners are crucial for public health and safety and that infrastructure planning and development should anticipate uncertainties. This study shows how early tertiary students view their future careers and that planners must anticipate planning and development uncertainties.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19
• planning practice
• students’ perspective

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their gratitude to the students who participated in the online discussion. We would also like to thank the editors for being generous with their time, ideas, and constructive criticism.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1. Padlet provides a cloud-based software-as-a-service, hosting a real-time collaborative web platform where users can upload, organise, and share content to virtual bulletin boards called ‘padlets’.

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Funding

The authors received no financial support for this article’s research, authorship, and publication.