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How does indonesia define urban
1. Human Settlement Planning
Assignment 3
How does INDONESIA define
“Urban”?
By: Jimly Al Faraby
M. Sc Student in Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing Economies (SPRING),
TU Dortmund, Germany
2. Content
Definition and criteria of “urban” in
Indonesia
Changes in definition of “urban” in
Indonesia
Urban population in Indonesia
3. 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.
4. 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
5. Table 1. Scoring Analysis for Urban Indicators
Percentage of
Population density
Score Agricultural Score Urban Facilties Criteria Score
(person/km2)
Household
<500 1 >70 1 Kindergarten
500-1249 2 50-69.99 2 Junior High School Available, or ≤ 2.5 Km 1
>2.5 Km 0
1250-2499 3 30-49.99 3 Senior High School
2500-3999 4 20-29.99 4 Market
Available, or ≤ 2 Km 1
4000-5999 5 15-19.99 5 Shops >2 Km 0
6000-7499 6 10-14.99 6 Cinema
Available, or ≤ 5 Km 1
7500-8499 7 5-9.99 7 Hospital >5 Km 0
>8500 8 <5 8 Hotel/billiard pool/disco/beauty Available 1
shop Not available 0
Percentage of household with ≥ 8,00 1
telephone < 8.00 0
Percentage of households with ≥ 90.00 1
electricity < 90.00 0
Source: Head of Indonesia Central Bureau of Statistic’s Regulation, for Urban-Rural Classification in Indonesia, 2010
7. How many people live in Urban 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).
8. Urban population in Indonesia
Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects
The number of urban population in Indonesia is
projected up to 72.1% of total population in 2050
9. Bibliography
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), 8 th 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:
http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2012/08/23/21232065/Hampir.54.Persen.Penduduk.
Indonesia.Tinggal.di.Kota
10. Bibliography
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), 8 th 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:
http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2012/08/23/21232065/Hampir.54.Persen.Penduduk.
Indonesia.Tinggal.di.Kota