PLANNING FOR THE MOBILITY OF THE URBAN POOR IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA (A Case Study in Kotagede)
High demographic growth particularly in developing countries such as Indonesia leads to a dense population and results mobility problems. Majority of population are low-income people who often live in urban area but quite far from the city centre where most government, industrial and education are a...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed |
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2013
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| Online Access: | https://repository.ugm.ac.id/118691/ http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=58665 |
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| Institution: | Universitas Gadjah Mada |
| Summary: | High demographic growth particularly in developing countries such as
Indonesia leads to a dense population and results mobility problems. Majority of
population are low-income people who often live in urban area but quite far from
the city centre where most government, industrial and education are
administered. This situation causes the urban poor perceive difficulties in
accessibilities since they are dependent on public transport and walking. It has
been reported that poor people�s inability to access jobs and services is an
important element of the social exclusion that defines urban poverty. Urban
transport policy can attenuate this poverty, both by contributing to economic
growth and by introducing a conscious poverty reduction focus to infrastructure
investment, to public transport service planning, and to fare-subsidy and
financing strategies. This study then concentrates on a case, which is the urban
poor in Kotagede Yogyakarta. The aim of this study is to reveal the mobility level
of the urban poor by conducting a field survey.
This study uses home interview survey in order to collect the necessary
data associated with their mobility level. Using SPSS software, the survey results
are analysed with descriptive method to reveal the mobility level of the
respondents. This study also uses brief face-to-face interviews and field survey of
public transport facilities such bus stops and its routes in order to get a deeper
understanding about the mobility level of the population.
This study found that the urban poor in Kotagede are still having problems
in terms of accessibility. There are several reasons but mainly they concerned
about the safety and comfort of the access to the stops. However, the affordability
level of public transport is varying across different income groups. This study
reveals that the public transport in Kotagede especially bus is affordable for
people with income more than IDR1,700,000. Accordingly, it is proven with chi
square test that there is statistically significant relationship between income and
the constraints in using bus. The chi square test results 0.022, which is reported
as p < 0.05. Another social factor such as gender also shows a significant result
with chi square value 0.008. The availability of Trans Jogja is also at low level
shown by the high headway, which is more than 20 minutes from supposedly 15
minutes. This study then suggests increasing the accessibility level of the urban
poor by improving the existing walking and cycling facilities and at the same time
reduces the use of motor vehicles by parking management. Increasing the fleet
number of buses should be taken into account as well in order to attract more
motor vehicle users to use public transport. |
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