City thematic approach to achieve liveable city: case study of Bandung City
Abstract Livable City has been the goal for many cities and has become the one purpose of city planning. Nowadays, the need to achieve the livable aspects of the city resurfaced as an issue highlighted in Sustainable Development Goals. This brings focus on the index of livability, which tried to measure how livable the city is. The Indexes, however, did not instruct the correct directions to achieve the index. Various approaches have been done to satisfy the index of the livable city—where city thematic becomes one of the alternatives. Along with the common goals of achieving not only livable but also a sustainable city, the city thematic approach also raises many unique perks for solving urban problems. Although when the goals have always been the same, the approach might be slightly different. This paper explains that although there are several ways to achieve a livable city, the thematic city approach may be considered as an effective way to raise awareness of uncommon livability problems, and therefore one of the interesting approaches to be focused on.