Emergence of Rural-Urban Regions in Central Java Province - Indonesia: Analysis, Assessment, and Policy Recommendations

Download or read book Emergence of Rural-Urban Regions in Central Java Province - Indonesia: Analysis, Assessment, and Policy Recommendations written by Wiwandari Handayani and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disparity and inequality have emerged as central issues in regional development realm which need to be worked out. In the case of Java Island - Indonesia, even though infrastructures mainly in transportati on and communicati on have already built-up relati vely evenly compared to other islands in the country, it is in fact not suffi cient to reduce disparity and inequality among provinces or in each province within the island. Furthermore, urbanizati on mostly in developing countries leads to the blurring of the disti ncti on between rural and urban areas. Concerning inequality that leads to propensity of unbalanced development patt erns as has been taking place in Java Island including in Central Java Province as one big province in the Island, the emerging of rural-urban regions are considered to be further examined. Expectedly, further comprehension regarding the dynamics of these regions would be advantageous to promote balanced development as well as to enforce the creati on of integrated regional development policies which are not simply dichotomized rural and urban regions.