Bekasi and Depok So subjected to Urbanization

VIVAnews – Lebaran has, however, be the beginning of serious problems for urban has further accumulated. The reason, as happens every year, end of Idul fitri is always marked with urbanisation or displacement of the population of the village to the city.

Demographic experts at the University of Indonesia, Sonny Harry b. Harmadi, stated that in 1971, about 17 percent of the total population of Indonesia living in the city. However, in 2010, that number jumped dramatically. Today, about 50 per cent of the total population of Indonesia was recorded live in the city, Jakarta.

"During the last 40 years, the flow of the village to the city very quickly. This really needs to be noted. Moreover, the current population of Indonesia are in the productive age, and tends to move to the cities looking for work, "said Sonny in Cikini, Central Jakarta, Saturday, September 10, 2011.

However, according to Sonny, the target city, Jakarta is not urbanized but penyanggah cities around Jakarta, i.e. Bodetabek or Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-Bekasi. In this case, Depok and Bekasi became the main target.

"The flow of migration to Jakarta is not equal to Bodetabek. The largest flow to Bekasi and Depok. Only about 7 percent of the flow of migration in Jakarta, while urbanization to Depok and Bekasi over 15 percent in the last 5 years, "he said.

Sonny explains, a majority of the villagers chose leaves town because of the economic motives, that hope for a better livelihood. "This is precisely the very burdening the cities that this new population arriving. The reason, most of them set out are not alone. They tend to take as well as their families, "said Sonny.

With urbanisation are large, up to Sonny, social problems will emerge. "This led to the emergence of the slums," said Sonny.

He added, according to The world's Population, approximately 30 per cent or one-third of the town evolved in a world made up slums.

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