URBAN SPRAWL AND UNEQUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERIPHERY IN INDONESIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KARET VILLAGE AND PONDOK KELOR VILLAGE IN TANGERANG, BANTEN PROVINCE

Growth with equity is an ideal aim of national development in developing countries. Yet, in Indonesia, while rapid urbanisation has increased the need for more land in the city, the amount of city land available is limited so that the city eventually expands its territory to the suburbs and lead to the urbanisation of the urban periphery itself. This expansion of the city has affected unequally the transformation of the the villages in the periphery. This study examined the phenomenon of unequal development of Tangerang City by comparing the experience of Karet Village and Pondok Kelor Village. The dual specific objectives were to identify the conditions of regional development in the two villages, and to analyse the factors which caused the differences in the development of both villages. The analytical methods used were overlay spatial analysis, quantitative descriptive analysis and comparative descriptive analysis. By examining traits of development such as land use, building characteristics, settlement characteristics, road characteristics, population and livelihoods, the results showed that during 2006 to 2016, Karet Village experienced a faster development until it transformed from the City Village Zone to the Village City Zone signifying the occurance of an urban sprawl, while Pondok Kelor developed slower and had not undergone any radical transformation. The reason for the discrepancy was the differences in regional development spatial planning policies in the two villages, such as establishing a catalyst, an industrial area, in Karet while Pondok Kelor was left to function as a mere residential and agricultural area.

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