Urbanization Patterns in Indonesia

The industrial development in Indonesia tends to concentrate only in big cities, one of them is Jakarta. Beside becomes the central government, Jakarta is also developed as the center of the economy. The condition background that completely lagging rural or underdeveloped resulting in migration of population from rural to urban (urbanization). People have various reasons to do the urbanization. Interestingly, during the process of migration from the countryside to the city, it is lead to the emergence of the urbanization patterns. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the patterns of urbanization. Information that is presented in this paper is mainly based on field research conducted in Jakarta in 2008, and supported by a desk review on secondary data, related documents and previous similar studies. The study shows that urbanization is defined as parties (intermediaries) that provide motivation or solicitation to migrate to the city. Patterns of urbanization created or born in the process of urbanization such as patterns based on the solicitation family/relatives, call a friend, take "big boss", or based on the intention of coming himself. Based on the findings known that urbanization is dominated by a pattern resulting from the family (parents, husband, etc.), friends, and a great boss.