Human Settlement PlanningHuman Settlement PlanningAssignment 3Assignment 3

How does INDONESIA define How does INDONESIA define ““Urban”Urban”??

By: Jimly Al FarabyM. Sc Student in Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing Economies

(SPRING),

TU Dortmund, Germany

ContentContentDefinition and criteria of “urban”

in IndonesiaChanges in definition of “urban”

in IndonesiaUrban population in Indonesia

Definition and Criteria (1)Definition and Criteria (1)UU No. 26 tahun 2007 (Indonesia Spatial

Planning Act 2007)

◦ Urban (perkotaan): the areas that have a major non-agricultural activity, and function as the urban settlements, concentration and distribution of government services, social services, and economic activities.

◦ Rural (perdesaan): the areas that have a major agricultural activity, including the management of natural resources in the region, and function as rural settlements, government services, social services, and economic activities.

Definition and Criteria (2)Definition and Criteria (2)Indonesia Central Bureau of Statistic (BPS)◦Urban: as the status of a

village/kelurahan (urban neighborhood) which satisfies the criteria for classification of urban areas. population density, percentage of agricultural households, number of urban facilities

Population density

(person/km2)Score

Percentage of Agricultural Household

Score Urban Facilties CriteriaScor

e

<500 1 >70 1 KindergartenAvailable, or ≤ 2.5 Km

>2.5 Km

1

0

500-1249 2 50-69.99 2 Junior High School

1250-2499 3 30-49.99 3 Senior High School

2500-3999 4 20-29.99 4 Market Available, or ≤ 2 Km

>2 Km

1

04000-5999 5 15-19.99 5 Shops

6000-7499 6 10-14.99 6 Cinema Available, or ≤ 5 Km

>5 Km

1

07500-8499 7 5-9.99 7 Hospital

>8500 8 <5 8 Hotel/billiard pool/disco/beauty shop

Available

Not available

1

0  Percentage of household

with telephone≥ 8,00

< 8.00

1

0Percentage of households with electricity

≥ 90.00

< 90.00

1

0

Source: Head of Indonesia Central Bureau of Statistic’s Regulation, for Urban-Rural Classification in Indonesia, 2010

Table 1. Scoring Analysis for Urban Indicators

The Changes in the The Changes in the Definition of “urban” in Definition of “urban” in INDONESIAINDONESIA

How many people live in Urban How many people live in Urban Area in INDONESIA?Area in INDONESIA?

2010: 49.9% of the 237.6 million

2012: estimated 54% of more than 240 million,

21.2% of the urban population is

concentrated only in Jakarta urban area, (Jabodetabek).

Urban population in Urban population in IndonesiaIndonesia

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects

The number of urban population in Indonesia

is projected up to 72.1% of total

population in 2050

BibliographyBibliography Indonesia Local Government Act, 1999 Indonesia Spatial Planning Act, 2007 Head of Indonesia Central Bureau of Statistic’s Regulation for

Urban-Rural Classification in Indonesia, 2010 Indonesia Public Works Minister Regulation for Detailed Spatial Plan,

2011 Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations), 8th

Annual Edition: Version 2, July 2012 Setiawan, Nugraha, “Perubahan Konsep Perkotaan di Indonesia”.

Downloaded from pustaka.unpad.ac.id Online Indonesia Dictionary:

http://pusatbahasa.kemdiknas.go.id/kbbi/ UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs:

http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/unup/index_panel1.html Online Kompas Newspaper:

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