the neighborhood-solid-in-pluit-620X310 .jpg "width = 650 > COMPASS IMAGES/ANDREAN KRISTIANTOSuasana dense settlements of The Pluit, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Wednesday (28/1/2013). The population density was not paying attention to resapan ground water is rated as one of the causes of the flooding in the capital city of Jakarta.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -currently, the interest of people to stay in the Centre of Jakarta indicated in the population data. According to Statistics Indonesia Jakarta, population density in Central Jakarta 2013 projected reach 18.926 people per square kilometre (km).
Central Jakarta is the most populous city in Jakarta, followed by the West Jakarta with density 18.739 people per square km, South Jakarta (15.356), East Jakarta (15.035), North Jakarta (11.816), and the thousand Islands (2,618). As for the average population density of DKI Jakarta 15.234 people per square km.
Planolog University of Trisakti, Yayat, Supriatna said, overcrowding in Central Jakarta shows that people choose to live again in the town centre rather than in suburban areas.
"One consideration is the increasingly severe congestion and the high cost of transportation when residing in the periphery. Finally, people returned to the city, "said Yayat.
Because the cost of living is high and expensive housing prices in the city center, some people choose to stay crammed in the tenement or rent rooms kos in dense neighborhoods. They are not concerned about your comfort, as long as it can stay in the middle of the city.
"Inevitable Jakarta still has great attraction. No need to have special skills or higher education, they could make money from begging, parking, to trade. Then, the race live in Central Jakarta even though the condition is limited, "said Yayat.
The excesses of the population density in Central Jakarta is a question of health, crime, and social problems such as a brawl. This issue should be solved by local governments before becomes increasingly complicated.
Head of the Department of city planning and Real estate the University of Tarumanagara Suryono Herlambang said, the issue of residence is not just a question of DKI Jakarta. A number of major cities in the world also has a large population.
"In many countries, the number of inhabitants of the many addressed the City Government by providing adequate infrastructure. That way, people can make use of mass transportation. The bottom of the apartment in the middle of town to the garden so there is a green open space, "he said.
In Jakarta, the space that is already filled with neighborhoods. If there is an apartment, not all of it is used for housing. Many of the properties that made the investment.
As a result, residents flock to the ghetto in Jakarta. In addition, mass transport have not been sufficient to make the mobility of people rely on private vehicles. This narrow space conditions in the city's dense population.
As reported earlier, according to research released by Knight Frank, late April 2013, looks home price index in Indonesia since 2007 continues to increase while not who whet in Hong Kong, India, or China. The housing price index in Indonesia in late 2007 by 100, then at the end of 2012 index reached 120.
Associate Director of Knight Frank's Indonesia Hasan Pamudji, in Jakarta, Wednesday (1/5/2013), says the credit climate, home ownership in Indonesia still accommodate home ownership with a land area of 70 square meters.
Rising costs of daily living needs also perceived the middle and upper class society. However, among the estimated can still receive the property price increase despite any additional cost. Moreover, the need for housing in Jakarta is still higher than its availability.
"The policy of restrictions imposed to quell an increase in upper-middle class properties," he said. (ART)
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