Rural urban disparity in and around Surabaya Region, Indonesia

Author: Vely Kukinul Siswanto

AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-13-21

Year: 2013

Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)

Type: Thesis (M. Eng.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2013

Examination Committee: Jayant K. Routray (Chairperson); Soparth Pongquan, Mokbul Morshed Ahmad (Examination Committee Members)

Abstract: A shift in development towards the outskirts of urban areas change s the characteristics of the region and can ultimately lead to urban disparities in economic and social terms . The current study has tried to divide the study area covers the areas of surrounding Surabaya as urban, peri urban and rural areas with reference to three time periods (2008, 2009 a nd 2010) and shows that the typology in the study area changes each year. Furthermore, this study analyzed the level of social and economic disparity in each typology with Theil inde x using a number of pre – prosperous household for social disparity and pe r capita GDP for economic disparity and shows that urban and peri urban area s have medium and high level of social and economic disparity compare with rural area which have low levels of disparity. Through multivariate correlation analysis can be seen th at the h ealth center dista nce, electricity and water users effecting the social disparity. Moreover, the financial, industrial , electricity , trade, construction, transportation , agriculture, and mining sector’s productivity have a significant relationship with the economic disparity . Health facilities, water and electricity improvement strategies to be followed for reducing the social disparity. Improvement the electricity, water, services sector, transportation infrastructure and industrial development t o reduce the economic disparity .

Scholarship Donor(s): Directorate General of Higher Education (DIKTI ) / Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia – AIT Fellowship

Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Regional and Rural Development Planning

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