Planning the megacity : Jakarta in the twentieth century / Christopher Silver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silver, Christopher, 1951-

Series:

Planning, history, and the environment series

Planning, history and environment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan areas--Indonesia--Jakarta--Planning.

Metropolitan areas.

Planning.

Jakarta (Indonesia)--History.

Jakarta (Indonesia).

Indonesia--Jakarta.

Physical Description:

x, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

Planning the Megacity examines the dramatic transformation of Jakarta over the past century. In 1900, the colonial capital of the Netherland Indies, then known as Batavia, was a compact city of approximately 150,000 inhabitants. During the next hundred years, but especially after 1950, it was transformed into the sprawling 'megacity' of more than 9 million in an urbanized region that boasted nearly 18 million by 2000.

How this metamorphosis took place and what it meant for the life of Jakartans are questions central to the story of the city, as is the role of both local and national leaders in the control and manipulation of processes of growth. As Christopher Silver reveals, Jakarta's place as Indonesia's most prestigious city, and its capital city, subjected it to conflicting approaches to planning, and placed its development within the vortex of national development. He reveals how colonialism, the struggle for independence and for improving the national condition, together with aspirations for economic modernization, contributed to the distinctive character of Southeast Asia's largest metropolitan area.

Contents:

Understanding urbanization and the megacity in Southeast Asia

Fashioning the colonial capital city, 1900-1940

Plans for the modern metropolis, 1950-1970s

Planning for housing, neighbourhoods and urban revitalization

Expansion, revitalization and the restructuring of metropolitan Jakarta: the 1970s to the early 1990s

Urban village to world city: re-planning Jakarta in the 1990s

Planning in the new democratic megacity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-254) and index.

ISBN:

0415701643

9780415701648

0203700015

9780203700013

OCLC:

150361344