This study is a continuation of dissertation and studies after that. The concept of most of the traditional city in Java are waterfront city. Old Semarang traditional city center used to have to move four times. All of them laid along the river. Jurnatan (1695), The Gabahan (1659), Sekayu (1666) and Kanjengan (1670). But there is no explanation about the formerly of the city form to support the Program Planning and Preservation of Heritage Cities. How were the traditional city patterns at the time? How to conduct adaptive reuse to promoting the heritage cities in Indonesia to be recognized as World Heritage Cities by UNESCO? The serial maps from KITLV. NL, Tropenmuseum and Atlas Mutual Heritage will superimpose on an aerial view from google earth. Analysing using a sketch and computer aided design will peel the layering of the development of the city along the river. The result will compare with the Johannes R hand drawing of Semarang in 16s centuries.The formerly city form of Semarang in 16s-18s centuries had a history as international port based on the maritime power at the time similar with Malaka. Malaka since 1984 become world Heritage site could become a best practice for next research to attract tourism.

Dutch Colonial built a circulation path that connected cities on the North coast of Java. How was the city linkage? The methods used are historical and grounded research methods. The explanation of the city linkages has not reached the knowledge about the city layout. The postal road passed the traditional city center through the traditional square and built the post office near it to shown its existence in the traditional city center. The existence of the post office, traditional square, and postal road until now characterize the city landscape in Java so it should be a unity in the city's conservation efforts.Keywords: Postal road; Post; Java; Conservation; Dutch.eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open- access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i10.1624

The COVID-19 Pandemic has been going on for more than a year in Indonesia. The Indonesian government has been struggling to manage this Pandemic in various ways by implementing health protocols, Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB), and vaccinations. This article discusses the efforts made by the Javanese people in coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic by using literature study methods and observations of the realities that occurred during the Pandemic in Semarang. The discussion focused on cultural practices carried out by Semarang society to overcome the COVID-19 Pandemic, such as the ritual of repelling logs, social care for affected communities, and cooperation in providing personal protective equipment for health workers. Based on this reality, it can be stated that socio-cultural capital is used to cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This article examines on the role of Lokananta in disseminating Javanese performing arts of Surakarta during 1956-1990. It is focused on records production either in vinyl or tape cassettes and its distribution. This article composed using historical method and utilize wide range of historical sources, such as archives, newspapers, vinyl and cassette covers, articles, books, and oral history. The results showed that during 1957-1971, Lokananta has produced vinyl records which were classified into National Music, Regional Entertainment, and Regional Theatre Music. In that period, Lokananta production was dominated by recording of National Music and Music-Theatre of Central Java. During 1971-1985 Lokananta produced many music and theatre records of Central Java printed into cassette tape. In 1985-1990’s, Lokananta produced and made reproduction on cassette recordings. Quantitatively, production and reproduction recording number has drastically decreased compared to the previous period. Records vinyl and tape cassettes sale, as well as the distribution via Radio Republik Indonesia and private broadcasts, proved that Lokananta has been instrumental in disseminating Javanese performing arts of Surakarta.

Semarang has developed as a diverse city. The communities who lived in Semarang history has produced a hybrid culture patterned Semarang which in the next time become as "Semarangan culture". At that time of Indonesia's independence there is awareness to preserve the cultural heritage of Semarangan either by local governments and communities of Semarang. The preservation and development cultural heritage of Semarangan continues which among other things aims to establish a cultural identity for the community and theie city. However, such efforts have not been able to achieve the expected results, because the Semarangan culture is less able to perform in a stage of cultural life in their own city and national culture.Keywords: Cultural heritage; Performing arts; Tradition ceremony; Cultural policy Abstrak Semarang telah tumbuh sebagai kota yang majemuk. Komunitas-komunitas sejarah yang tinggal di Semarang telah menghasilkan kebudayaan Semarang yang bercorak hibrida yang pada masa kemudian dikenal sebagai "budaya Semarangan". Pada masa Indonesia merdeka terdapat kesadaran untuk melestarikan warisan budaya Semarangan baik oleh pemerintah daerah maupun masyarakat Semarang. Upaya-upaya untuk melestarikan dan mengembangkan warisan budaya Semarangan terus dilakukan yang antara lain bertujuan untuk membentuk identitas budaya bagi masyarakat dan kotanya. Namun, upaya-upaya itu belum mampu mencapai hasil yang diharapkan, karena budaya Semarangan kurang dapat tampil dalam panggung kehidupan budaya di kotanya sendiri dan budaya nasional.