Conclusion of Jakarta

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Conclusion of Jakarta

This chapter has presented the transformation of Jakarta from a concentric and radial pattern urban structure to an early stage of post-suburbanization. Jakarta has been the national capital and the largest city in Indonesia since the Dutch colonial era, although before Independence Jakarta was relatively far smaller (under one million inhabitants). After Independence, Jakarta started to grow beyond the city boundary and formed a metropolitan region consisting of several administrative districts and municipalities (Jabodetabek). In the New Order (1967-1998), as the country enjoyed a rapid economic growth, Jakarta had a chance to expand its constructions and develop into a modern city. Further, the central government’s pro-growth economic policy at that time supported big scale industrial activities in the peripheries of Greater Jakarta. Although the monetary crisis made a development pause in the beginning of the New Millennium, the development in Greater Jakarta has continued. The current development indicates some signs of the early stages of post-suburbanization, in which the traditional core remains preeminent, but the peripheral areas have become more independent satellite cities with strong economic base and diversified activities.

This development is triggered by privatization of land development and management particularly in fringe areas (Firman and Fahmi 2017). The private sector has indeed played a crucial role in developing industrial and large residential activities in fringe areas. However, it now plays an even more significant role as it can direct land development and manage the areas ‘exclusively’ by providing municipal services traditionally delivered by local governments in the areas. As the result, regional development of Greater Jakarta, which consists of several districts and municipalities, is potentially even more fragmented and unsustainable. A forum, namely the Coordinating Body of Jabodetabek Development, is supposed to integrate local government actions in managing the development in the region. However, this body seems ineffective, as under the Indonesian New Decentralization law the real authority of local development is owned by the local government. This condition suggests that it is now crucial to designate a form of Metropolitan Authority which works above the local government level and is authorized to coordinate the development in the region.

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This post is one of the chapters in the book titled:

The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs

edited by:

Bernadette Hanlon and
Thomas J. Vicino. 

The book was published by the Routledge in September 2018. 

You can find the book in the Routledge link here. The chapter on Jakarta was written by Fikri Zul Fahmi, Tommy Firman and myself. 

Tommy Firman is professor of Regional Planning at the Bandung Institute of Technology and Fikri Zul Fahmi is assistant professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia.

Suburbanization in Asia: 
A focus in Jakarta

By:

1. Deden Rukmana, 
2. Fikri Zul Fahmi and 
3. Tommy Firman

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