Deden Rukmana
Curriculum Vitae
Professor and Director, Master of City and Regional Planning Program | Department of Public Affairs and Planning
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Education
PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, January 2002–April 2006.
Master of Planning and Development Studies, University of Southern California, May 2001.
M.S. in Development Studies, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, January 1997.
B.S. in Urban and Regional Planning, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, April 1994.
Academic Positions
Professor and Director
September 2024 – present
Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) Program
Department of Public Affairs and Planning (DPAPL)
College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA)
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Professor and Chairperson
August 2018 – August 2024
Department of Community and Regional Planning
College of Agricultural, Life and Natural Sciences, Alabama A&M University
Huntsville, Alabama
Professor, August 2017 – August 2018
Program Coordinator, August 2007 – August 2018
Associate Professor, August 2012 – July 2017
Assistant Professor, August 2006 – July 2012
Master of Urban Studies and Planning (MUSP) Program
Department of Political Science and Public Affairs
Savannah State University
Savannah, Georgia
Selected Awards, Honors and Distinctions
Faculty Fellow, Honors College. University of Texas at Arlington. March 2026–May 2028
Featured Article in Town Planning Review Vol. 96 (6). The urgency of planning megacities in the Global South in the next decade. November 2025
Elected Co-Chair of the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN). July 2025–present
2025 Leadership Academy. University of Texas at Arlington. January–December 2025
Future Leaders of Schools of Public Service program. Deans Summit. Volcker Alliance. August 2024–present
2023 Outstanding Journal Reviewer Award, Town Planning Review. May 2024
Featured Speaker at the launch of the West Java Diaspora Forum, Bandung, June 9, 2023
Elected Secretary of the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN). September 2022–2025
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Representative to the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN). March 2022–October 2026
Featured in Figure of Indonesia’s largest daily newspaper Kompas. “Deden Rukmana: From the Diaspora for Indonesia.” March 28, 2019
Simposium Cendekia Kelas Dunia (World Class Scholar Symposium). Indonesian Ministry of Research and Higher Education. 2019, 2018, and 2017
Service Award, Georgia Planning Association. Atlanta. November 2, 2018
Layang Pangajen Award, Paguyuban Pasundan. Bandung, Indonesia. August 18, 2018
President’s Faculty Award for Innovation and Excellence. Savannah State University. April 12, 2018
Elected Chair of the International Indonesian Scholars Association. January 2018–January 2020.
Elected Non-AICP Director at Large of the Georgia Planning Association. September 2015–September 2017; September 2017–August 2018
Featured in “25 Kisah Ilmuwan Indonesia Yang Mendunia” (The Story of 25 Respected Indonesian Scholars). (2017). Muhammad Assad (Ed.). Jakarta: Elex Media Komputindo. pp. 1–14. ISBN: 978-602-029-6722
Elected Co-Chair, Global Planning Educators Interest Group of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. October 2015–October 2017
Elected Regional Representative of the Southeast Region, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. 2013–2015.
Publications
Book
Deden Rukmana and Sonia Roitman (Eds.) (2026). Growth of a Megacity: Planning Jakarta in the Post-Suburban Era. Manoa: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN: 979-8-880-70147-6
Roitman, Sonia and Deden Rukmana (Eds.) (2022). The Routledge Handbook of Urban Indonesia. Singapore: Routledge.
ISBN: 978-0-367-76279-7.
Rukmana, Deden (Ed.) (2020). The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South. New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978-036-72-2372-4. Reviewed by Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of the American Planning Association (2021), Journal of Planning Literature (2022) and Journal of Urban Technology (2022)
Rukmana, Deden and Alan Koropitan (Eds.) (2018). Kontribusi Ilmuan Diaspora dalam Pengembangan Sumber Daya Iptek dan Dikti di Indonesia (Contributions of Diaspora Academics in Enhancing Resources of Science and Technology and Higher Education in Indonesia). Jakarta: Kemenristekdikti. ISBN: 978-979-630-097-6
Rukmana, Deden and Ismunandar (Eds.) (2016). Bunga Rampai Pemikiran Akademisi Indonesia di Amerika Serikat (Anthology of Ideas from Indonesian Academicians in the U.S). Yogyakarta: Andi Publisher. ISBN: 978-979-29-6071-6
Rukmana, Deden. (2008). Residential Origins of the Homeless: Spatial Distribution Analysis and Implications to Homelessness Prevention Interventions. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller. ISBN: 978-3-8364-3588-8
Articles in Refereed Journals
Rahmawati, D., and Rukmana, Deden. (2026). Urban politics on housing policy transformation in Indonesia: an institutional perspective. Housing Studies 41(6): 1406–1426. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2025.2552404
Tarigan, Surya, and Rukmana, Deden. (2025). Private city development and branding: The case of Bintaro Jaya, Indonesia. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2025.2530110
Tarigan, Surya, and Rukmana, Deden. (2025). Land transformation and private sector-led development in South Tangerang. Space and Polity 29(1): 20–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2025.2512912
Rukmana, Deden, and Adharina, N.D. (2025). The urgency of planning megacities in the Global South in the next decade. Town Planning Review 96(6): 613–625. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2025.5
Rukmana, Deden. (2025). Expanding Knowledge from the Roots and the South. Planning Theory and Practice 28(1): 133–135. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2025.2474336
Adharina, N. D., and Rukmana, Deden. (2024). The growth of megacities in the Global South: a review of the available data on trends and patterns. International Planning Studies 29(4): 416–435. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2024.2433645
Rahmayanti, Krisna, and Rukmana, Deden. (2024). Scoping review of the depth of participation and barriers to community participation in post-disaster housing reconstruction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 104: 104375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104375
Widita, Alyas, Welch, T., Rukmana, Deden, and Diwangkari, Andyan. (2023). Impact of the MRT Jakarta on Congestion: Evidence from a Before-After, Treatment-Control Evaluation. Journal of Planning Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X231174136
Hasibuan, H. S., Tambunan, R. P., Rukmana, D., Permana, C. T., Elizandri, B. N., Putra, G. A. Y., ... & Ristya, Y. (2023). Policymaking and the spatial characteristics of land subsidence in North Jakarta. City and Environment Interactions 18: 100103.
Rahmawati, D., and Rukmana, Deden. (2022). The Financialization of Housing in Indonesia: Actors and Their Roles in the Transformation of Housing Production. Cities 131: 103918
Olaleye, E., Oluwoye, J., Rukmana, Deden, Pressley, J., and Kassu, A. (2022). An Analysis of User Preferences of Value Attributes of Electric Vehicles in Underserved Communities. Universal Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9(1): 1–11
Babatunde, A., Oluwoye, J., Rukmana, Deden, Pressley, J., and Kassu, A. (2022). Renewable Energy System: Alternative Fuel Usage in the Energy Market of the US Public Transportation System. Environment and Ecology Research 10(5): 607–613
Babatunde, A., Oluwoye, J., Rukmana, Deden, Pressley, J., and Kassu, A. (2022). Determinants of the Demand for Alternative Energy in the U.S. Public Transportation System. International Journal of Engineering Research and Application 12(9): 211–216
Olaleye, E., Oluwoye, J., Rukmana, Deden, Pressley, J., and Kassu, A. (2022). Consumer Knowledge about Electric Buses in Underserved Communities in Huntsville, Alabama. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering 10(7): 13–30
Mardiansyah, F.H., Rahayu, P., and Rukmana, Deden. (2021). New Patterns of Urbanization in Indonesia: Emergence of Non-Statutory Towns and New Extended Urban Regions. Environment and Urbanization ASIA 12(1): 11–26.
Rukmana, Deden. (2020). The Causes of Homelessness and the Characteristics Associated with High Risk of Homelessness: A Review of Intercity and Intracity Homelessness Data. Housing Policy Debate 30(2): 291–308
Rukmana, Deden. (2018). Rapid Urbanization and the Need for Sustainable Transportation Policies in Jakarta. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 124, No. 1, p. 012017).
Rukmana, Deden. (2015). The Change and Transformation of Indonesian Spatial Planning after Suharto’s New Order Regime: The Case of the Jakarta Metropolitan Area. International Planning Studies 20(4): 350–370.
Rukmana, Deden. (2011). Street Vendor and Planning in Indonesian Cities. Planning Theory and Practice 12(1): 138–144.
Rukmana, Deden. (2011). Comparing the Residential Origins of Homeless Families and Homeless Individuals: A Case of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Area 43(1): 96–109
Rukmana, Deden. (2010). Gender Differences in the Residential Origins of the Homeless: Identification of Areas with High Risk of Homelessness. Planning Practice and Research 25(1): 95–116
Rukmana, Deden. (2008). Where the Homeless Youth Come from: A Study of the Prior Addresses Distribution of Homeless Youth in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Children and Youth Service Review 30(9): 1009–1021
Rukmana, Deden. (2008). The Growth of Jakarta Metropolitan Area and the Sustainability of Urban Development in Indonesia. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 4(1): 99–106
Rukmana, Deden. (2006). The Spatial Origins of the Homeless: How the Homeless Vary in Their Geographic Distribution. International Journal of Diversity in Organization, Communities and Nation 6(2): 35–54.
Rukmana, Deden. (2005). Empowerment and Housing Provision for Urban Poor: Community-based Housing Development in Indonesia. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 1(1): 62–71.
Stiftel, Bruce, Deden Rukmana and Bhuiyan Alam. (2004). Faculty Quality at U.S. Planning Schools: An NRC-Style Study. Journal of Planning Education and Research 24(1): 6–22
Rukmana, Deden. (2003). Gender Perspective on Homelessness. Critical Planning 10: 95–105
Book Chapters
Rukmana, Deden and Roitman, Sonia. (2026). Jakarta’s Transformation in the Post-Suburban Era. In Growth of a Megacity: Planning Jakarta in the Post-Suburban Era. Deden Rukmana and Sonia Roitman (Eds.). Manoa: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 1–21
Roitman, Sonia and Rukmana, Deden. (2026). Afterword: Planning Jakarta’s Post-Suburban. In Growth of a Megacity: Planning Jakarta in the Post-Suburban Era. Deden Rukmana and Sonia Roitman (Eds.). Manoa: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 258–267
Rukmana, Deden and Roitman, Sonia. (2022). Conclusion: Seeing from Urban Indonesia. In The Routledge Handbook of Urban Indonesia. Sonia Roitman and Deden Rukmana (Eds.). Singapore: Routledge. pp. 380–391
Roitman, Sonia and Rukmana, Deden. (2022). Urban Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities. In The Routledge Handbook of Urban Indonesia. Sonia Roitman and Deden Rukmana (Eds.). Singapore: Routledge. pp. 3–14
Rukmana, Deden. (2022). Keadilan Sosial dalam Perencanaan Kota (Social Justice in Urban Planning). In Antologi Pemikiran Diaspora Akademisi Indonesia di Amerika Serikat. Popy Rufaidah & Taifo Mahmud (Eds.). Washington DC: KBRI Press. pp. 138–149
Dillon, Harya and Deden Rukmana. (2021). Mobility justice and social inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jakarta. In Global Reflections on COVID-19 Urban Inequalities. Rianne van Melik, Brian Doucet & Pierre Filion (Eds.). Policy Press. pp. 177–186
Rukmana, Deden and Dinar Ramadhani. (2021). Income inequality and socioeconomic segregation in Jakarta. In Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality: A Global Perspective. Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru, Deden Rukmana, Rūta Ubarevičienė and Heleen Janssen (Eds.). Springer. pp. 135–152
Rukmana, Deden and Na’Taki Osborne Jelks. (2020). Exploring the association between health disparities and neighborhoods: The case of diabetes mortality in DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia. In The Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability: Socio-spatial and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Rhonda Phillips, Javier Martinez and Claudia Mikkelsen (Eds.). Springer. pp. 337–352
Rukmana, Deden. (2020). Introduction. In The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South. Deden Rukmana (Ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 1–10
Rukmana, Deden and Indraprahasta, G.S. (2020). Participatory governance in mitigating annual floods in Jakarta. In The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South. Deden Rukmana (Ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 317–326
Rukmana, Deden, Fikri Zul Fahmi, and Tommy Firman. (2018). Suburbanization in Asia: A focus on Jakarta. In The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs. Bernadette Hanlon and Thomas J. Vicino (Eds.). New York: Routledge. pp. 110–120
Rukmana, Deden. (2018). Ikatan Ilmuwan Indonesia Internasional dan Sinergi Ilmuwan Diaspora di Seluruh Dunia. In Anthology of Contributions of Diaspora Academics in Enhancing Resources of Science and Technology and Higher Education in Indonesia. Deden Rukmana and Alan Koropitan (Eds.). Jakarta: Kemenristekdikti. pp. 11–22
Rukmana, Deden. (2018). Upgrading Housing Settlement for the Urban Poor in Indonesia: An Analysis of the Kampung Deret Program. In Metropolitan Governance in Asia and the Pacific Rim: Global Trajectories, Dynamics and Challenges. B. Grant, K.Y. Liu and L. Ye (Eds.). Singapore: Springer. pp. 75–94
Rukmana, Deden. (2016). Praktek Perencanaan Transportasi Kota di Amerika Serikat: Pelajaran untuk Pengembangan Kota-kota di Indonesia. In Anthology of Ideas from Indonesian Academicians in the U.S. Deden Rukmana and Ismunandar (Eds.). Yogyakarta: Andi Publisher. pp. 125–132
Rukmana, Deden. (2014). Identification of Areas with High Risk of Homelessness: Implications for Homelessness Prevention Programs. In Homelessness: Prevalence, Impact of Social Factors, and Mental Health Challenges. Colleen Clark (Ed.). New York: Nova Publishers. pp. 107–124
Rukmana, Deden. (2014). Peripheral Pressures: Jakarta. In Archaeology of the Periphery of Megacities. Roger Connah (Ed.). Moscow: Strelka Press. pp. 158–167
Rukmana, Deden and Djarot Purbadi. (2013). Street Vendors in Indonesian Cities: The Characteristics and Activities of Street Vending in Yogyakarta. In The Transforming Asian City. Nihal Perera and Wing-Shing Tang (Eds.). Oxford: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. pp. 123–136.
Rukmana, Deden. (2012). Urban Planning and Local Wisdom: The Shift towards Postmodernism and a New Urban Theory from Third World Cities. In Towards a Sustainable City: Global Challenges and Local Responses in Africa and Asia. Darwis Khudori (Ed.). Malang: University of Brawidjaja Press.
Rukmana, Deden. (2011). Perubahan Iklim dan Tantangan Perencanaan Kota. In Menarik Pelajaran dari 50 Tahun Perjalanan Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota di Indonesia. Myra P. Gunawan, Siti Sutriah Nurzaman and Suwardjoko Warpani (Eds.). Bandung: Penerbit ITB. pp. 207–214.
Jordan, Kenneth A., Willie E. Johnson, Deden Rukmana, and Sharon Johnson. (2010). The Mixed Blessings of Gentrification in an Antebellum City: The Case for Savannah, Georgia. In African American in Georgia: A Reflection of Politics and Policy in the New South. Pearl K. Ford (Ed.). Atlanta: Mercer University Press. pp. 176–192
Rukmana, Deden and Emily Bentley. (2009). Improving Outcomes for Socially Vulnerable Populations. In Ideas from an Emerging Field: Teaching Emergency Management in Higher Education. Jessica Hubbard (Ed.). Fairfax, VA: PERI. pp. 149–168
Doctoral Students
Primary Advisory
Shadin Nimery (PhD, May 2025). Bridging the digital divide in low-income communities: Public space and public libraries in the City of Dallas. The University of Texas at Arlington
Tarsha Hardy (PhD, December 2025). Analysis of structural, organizational and physical approaches to disaster vulnerability: A case of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, TX, The University of Texas at Arlington
Baharan Rahnama. From symbolic recognition to structural repair: Evaluating reparative planning in the housing programs of the City of Dallas. The University of Texas at Arlington
Elmira Shirgir. Climate action plans in the United States: A review of the state of Texas climate action plans. The University of Texas at Arlington
Committee Member
Luis Macias Barrientos. Tejando Comudidad: Planning for health through informal solutions, community organizing, and community trust. The University of Texas at Arlington
Salam Lattouf (PhD, December 2025). Exploring the lived experiences of Arab refugees: Access to public housing and integration in the City of Dallas. The University of Texas at Arlington
Alyas Widita (PhD, March 2020). Travel behavior dynamics from a longitudinal perspective in Indonesia. Georgia Institute of Technology
Caixia Mao. Fragile techno-political machine: (Dis)entanglement of Chinese and Japanese infrastructure assemblages in Indonesia. Columbia University
Committee Assignments and Services
Community Service
Member, Expert Team for Planning and Development (Tim Ahli Bangunan dan Gedung), the Province of Jakarta. April 2021 – April 2023
Member, Steering Committee for the Environmental Justice Academy. United States of Environmental Protection Agency Region 4. June 2022 – December 2022
Fellow, Time for Homes, Inc. https://time4homes.org/dr-deden-rukmana/. July 2020 – March 2021
Member, Steering Committee for the Mill Creek Choice Neighborhood Plan, May 2020 – August 2021
Member, Madison County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee. August 2019 – August 2021
Member, Panel Expert for the revision of Jakarta’s Spatial Plan 2030. Jakarta’s Development and Planning Board. 2017-2018
Member, Savannah Development and Renewal Authority Planning and Advocacy Committee. Fall 2016 – Summer 2018
Member, Community Indicators Coalition. United Way of the Coastal Empire. Spring 2013-Summer 2018
Member, Panelists on Annexation Dispute Resolution, Georgia Department of Community Affairs. 2007-2018
Member, Evaluation Team, StepUp Savannah’s Poverty Reduction Initiative. 2007-2018
Member, Choice Neighborhood People Task Force. Housing Authority of Savannah. Spring 2012-Spring 2015
Member, Community Planning Committee. The Chatham-Savannah Youth Future Authority. Fall 2009-Spring 2014
Member, the Unified Zoning Ordinance (UZO) Advisory Committee. The Chatham County Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission. March 2010-June 2012
Member, Committee of Establishing Sister City Relationship. Office of the Mayor Savannah, GA. 2008-2009
President, the Indonesian Students Association of Tallahassee. 2003-2005
Member, HUD SuperNOFA Community Advisory Committee of Tallahassee. 2004
Ad-hoc Reviews
Assistant Editor, Cities. April 2025-present
Member, Editorial Board of Town Planning Review. July 2025-present
Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Planning Education and Research. January 2025-present
Member, Editorial Board of Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspective. October 2025-present
Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Regional and City Planning. December 2014-present
Member, Editorial Board of Geoplanning: Journal of Geomatics and Planning. January 2021-present
External dissertation examiner. The University of Stavanger, Norway. 2024
External dissertation examiner. The University of Queensland. 2020
External dissertation examiner. Griffith University, Australia. 2018
External dissertation examiner. Queensland University of Technology, Australia. 2016
External program reviewer. Urban and Regional Planning Program. Salisbury University. November 2022
External tenure reviewer, University of Massachusetts at Boston. 2025
External tenure reviewer, University of Hawaii. 2024
External tenure reviewer, Kansas State University. 2023
External tenure reviewer. The Ohio State University. 2022
External tenure reviewer. Texas A&M University. 2022
External tenure reviewer. Texas Southern University. 2020
External reviewer. A research grant proposal. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Indonesian Ministry for Research and Technology/National Agency for Research and Innovation (RISTEK/BRIN). 2020
External reviewer. Grant proposals. School of Planning, Policy and Development. Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. 2023
Judging Activities (2020 – present)
Chair, 2024-26 Urban Affairs Association Book Award Committee. October 2024 – present
Member, 2022-24 Urban Affairs Association Book Award Committee. October 2022 – April 2024
Judge, 2022 Student paper competition at the ARD Research Symposium. Atlanta, 2-5 April 2022.
Judge, 2021 Alabama Regional Future City Competition (ARFCC). January 2021
Professional Affiliations (2020 – present)
Faculty Representative, Board of Directors, American Planning Association Texas Chapter. March 2025-present
Member, Planning Accreditation Board Site Visit Team. University of Missouri, Kansas City. March 3-6, 2024
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning National Conference Committee. February 2025 – present
Mentor, 2025 Journal of Planning Education and Research Writing Workshop for New Scholars, College Station, TX, August 10-13, 2025
Facilitator, 2024 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Junior Faculty of Color Workshop, Virtual, June 25-27
Panellist, 2024 Urban Affairs Association Teaching Academy, New York City, April 24-27
Co-chair, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Committee on Diversity. December 2020-October 2023
Chair, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Pre-Doctoral Workshop for Underrepresented Students of Color and LGBTQIA+ Students. October 2021.
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Global Planning Education Committee. February 2022-present
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Selection Committee for the Jay Chatterjee Distinguished Service Award. 2018-2020
