JISDeP Vol 3 No 3 (2022): December 2022

The New Capital and Urban Transformation in Indonesia

Bakti Setiawan
EDITOR

While various efforts to accelerate the development of the Indonesia New Capital/IKN in Kalimantan continue to be carried out, we must not forget the process and challenges of urban transformation faced by Indonesia. It is predicted that by 2045, around 75percent of Indonesia’s population will live in urban areas (BPS, 2019). This urban area includes more than 400 cities and will be the home to no less than 230 million people. New approaches and strategies are needed to ensure that the urban transformation process in Indonesia produces a sustainable urban environment. The Challenges of Urban Transformation in Indonesia There are at least five challenges to sustainable urban transformation in Indonesia. First, as the World Bank (2019) already documented, in the previous decades, more urbanization processes are still concentrated in several metropolitan cities such as Jakarta, Bandung Raya, Semarang, and Surabaya. In the future, a more even flow of urbanization to medium and small cities both on the island of Java and outside the island of Java will further ensure the equality and fairness of development in Indonesia.Planning and managing sustainable medium and small cities are relatively easier to do than planning and managing a large city with all its complexity. Decentralization and quality regional autonomy will further ensure the development of cities that pay more attention to local aspirations and potentials. The development of IKN on the island of Kalimantan is expected to inspire the development of urban areas outside Java.Editorial Note

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