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Monarchy and urban change: The post-independence development of the Pesanggrahan Ambarrukmo, Yogyakarta

Ofita Purwani et al.

Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies2026https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980261423068article
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Abstract

This article explores the role of Indonesia’s royal house of Yogyakarta in the development of a site called Ambarrukmo. Originally a royal garden retreat, Ambarrukmo has undergone two significant phases of urbanization: the construction of an international hotel during Indonesia’s immediate post-independence period, and the more recent construction of a large-scale mall. These commercial development projects have been used by the Sultan to defend its royal status in a context of political change. Urbanization processes that are elsewhere neatly accounted for as singular effects of neoliberal globalisation are here realised through the convergent aspirations of national government and a regional monarchy. The Sultanate’s role challenges dominant, western-centric understandings of city building agency, which emphasise the state, the market and civil society.

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@article{ofita2026,
  title        = {{Monarchy and urban change: The post-independence development of the Pesanggrahan Ambarrukmo, Yogyakarta}},
  author       = {Ofita Purwani et al.},
  journal      = {Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980261423068},
}

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