Future is a long process of activity from the past to the present, constituting daily life and event. It has already been directed when the past has been born and the present is conditioned. No one could avoid from the future as a direct consequence of the past and the destiny of present. We were guided by the past to the existing future where we live in a situation that is conditioned. For a planner, the guidance to the future is predicted from the past, the more the number of years in the past are included in the prediction the closer the prediction to the reality. The diachronic of the past is the figure of the syncronic future. For Roberto Goizueta, a US bussiness executive, the sensitivity of the past is extremely important to show the proper respect of the future. For Nelson Mandela, the past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad (Encarta 2003). Learning form the past is a good idea to invent the future.
The end of the 20th century has experienced a great change in the overall system of technology that would be continued in the 21st century. From the revolution of information technology that makes the whole world become one village, the mass rapid transportation, modern banking, fast food, frenchise vendor that make life easier. Could central Kalimantan enter this great changing world? All of this change has thouch central Kalimantan although not in every aspect of life. It is mainly to the big city, we saw that the internet technology give an influence to the young people life. Besides that we also recognize that cellular phone has develop very fast until it reach small town both provider mentari and telcomsel compete one to another to get their costumer. But technology that is related to mass rapid transportation has not develop yet. There is no train connecting one place to another place, the only thing that connect to places is angkutan kota that may stop to anywhere withouth any rule.
As the future is approaching, this paper would like to bring the trend of urban development in the Province of Central Kalimantan for the 21st century to the surface. Our discussion will be limited to the province as it is the youngest province among other provinces on the island and the area has never been touched by development in the colonial era. Even the capital of the province Palangka Raya was established in 1957 and most of the urban idea reflects the idea of the founding fathers of the nation.
