Chapter 4
Diversity and Historical Continuity
of the Residential Landscape of a Megacity:
A Case Study on the Jakarta
Metropolitan Area
Kengo Hayashi, Yutaka Mimura, and Ryosuke Abe
4.1 Research Purpose and Background
Megacities, that is, cities with populations of more than 10 million people, have a
huge built environment which comprises mainly of human-made features such as
transport infrastructure, public facilities, housing, and other utilities. For example,
the Jakarta metropolitan area, which is the second-largest megacity in the world, has
witnessed the growth of its population from approximately 2.6 million in 1930
(Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel 1933) to nearly 28 million in
2010 and has correspondingly expanded the city’s built-up area (Fig. 4.1). This
expansion of the built environment in megacities places a great burden on the earth’s
natural environment (Younger et al. 2008).
The residential area accounts for the largest proportion of the built environment.
According to the land-use data for DKI Jakarta, which is Jakarta’s administrative
area, the residential area accounted for approximately 57% of the total area in 2003.
1
Hence, the residential area is the main component of the urban landscape. However,
K. Hayashi (*)
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: kengo884@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Y. Mimura
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
R. Abe
Japan Transport and Tourism Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
1 This data scope is limited to DKI Jakarta (Propinsi Daperiodh Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) and does
not encompass Jabodetabek, which is the Jakarta metropolitan area that includes the administrative
districts surrounding DKI Jakarta.
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Diversity and Historical Continuity
of the Residential Landscape of a Megacity:
A Case Study on the Jakarta
Metropolitan Area
Kengo Hayashi, Yutaka Mimura, and Ryosuke Abe
4.1 Research Purpose and Background
Megacities, that is, cities with populations of more than 10 million people, have a
huge built environment which comprises mainly of human-made features such as
transport infrastructure, public facilities, housing, and other utilities. For example,
the Jakarta metropolitan area, which is the second-largest megacity in the world, has
witnessed the growth of its population from approximately 2.6 million in 1930
(Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel 1933) to nearly 28 million in
2010 and has correspondingly expanded the city’s built-up area (Fig. 4.1). This
expansion of the built environment in megacities places a great burden on the earth’s
natural environment (Younger et al. 2008).
The residential area accounts for the largest proportion of the built environment.
According to the land-use data for DKI Jakarta, which is Jakarta’s administrative
area, the residential area accounted for approximately 57% of the total area in 2003.
1
Hence, the residential area is the main component of the urban landscape. However,
K. Hayashi (*)
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: kengo884@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Y. Mimura
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
R. Abe
Japan Transport and Tourism Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
1 This data scope is limited to DKI Jakarta (Propinsi Daperiodh Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) and does
not encompass Jabodetabek, which is the Jakarta metropolitan area that includes the administrative
districts surrounding DKI Jakarta.
© Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature 2021
S. Muramatsu et al. (eds.), Living in the Megacity: Towards Sustainable Urban
Environments, Global Environmental Studies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56901-5_4
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