EKONOMI REGIONAL DAN PERKOTAAN

D. S. Priyarsono M. Firdaus W. Rindayati

WHAT IS REGIONAL ECONOMICS?

Regional economics represents a framework within which the spatial character of economic systems may be understood. We seek to identify the factors governing the distribution of economic activity over space and to recognize that as this distribution changes, there will be important consequences for individual and communities.

WHAT IS REGIONAL ECONOMICS?

Regional economics: What is where, and why and so what? What: economic agents and their activities; households, firms, public facilities Where: location, concentration, dispersion, similarity, disparity Why: economic interpretations

WHAT IS REGIONAL ECONOMICS?

Regional economics is a relatively young branch of economics. Why? Dynamics role of time Technical sophistication

THREE FOUNDATION STONES

Three stones:
Location of industries and cities Economies of spatial concentration Transport costs

Examples

THREE FOUNDATION STONES

Three facts of life:
Natural resource advantages Economies of concentration Costs of transports and communication

Three stones:
Imperfect factor mobility Imperfect divisibility Imperfect mobility of goods and services

REGIONAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

Location Decisions Transfer Costs Location Patterns Dominated
Dispersive Forces Cohesion

Land Use Spatial Structure of Urban Areas

REGIONAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

System of Cities Regions Location of People How Regions Develop Regional Development Policies
Problems in Indonesia (Decentralization, etc.)

Urban Problems
Poverty, Unemployment, Environment