Author: Tommy Firman
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-79-15
Year: 1979
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1980
Examination Committee: Hideki Kaji (Chairperson); Hiran D. Dias, Hans Detlef Kammeier (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Owing to overpopulation in the agricultural sectors and difficulties in developing new l and for agricultural development purposes, the urban sectors in the island of Java could play more important roles and functions in the future in order to accommodate people living on the island. ever, the island is facing two main problems of urban development. first is an unbalanced growth between the large and the small cities. How The small cities cannot perform their roles and functions effectively, since The the large cities dominate the performance of urban functions in the island. The large cities are growing considerably faster than the smaller ones, as the urban economic activities and facilities are concentrated in the large cities, and the cities tend to be parasitic and negative to Javanese regional development as a whole, or even to national development. The other is the problems faced by the large cities, such as urban unemployment, housing shortage, deterioration of physical urban environment, lack of urban services, traffic congestion, etc. These problems are primarily due to high population increase in the cities, most of which is caused by a massive population influx from rural areas and small cities into the cities. In order to cope with these problems, the government has launched several programmes, such as Kampong (slums ) improvement programmes, closed city regulation metropolitan development schemes, etc. However, in the long run, the programmes seem to be futile, since they are not formulated in the context of a comprehensive policy for urban development on the island as a whole. The main objective of this study is to formulate on urban development policy for the is land, which could be guideline for urban development in the future. In addition, this study also tries to make a review and evaluation of the policies which have been adopted so far by the government, in order to attack the problems of urban development in the island, and subsequently to recommend several courses of action to b
Scholarship Donor(s): Canadian International Development. Agency, Canada
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology
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