Typology of socio-economic characteristics of municipalities and regencies in West Java Province

Abstract

For years, the Province of West Java has been facing several development challenges, such as poverty, malnutrition, low access to education, etc. It is assumed that the characteristics are patterned. The aim of this paper to present the typology of socio-economic characteristic of municipalities and regencies in West Java Province. By combining cluster and spatial cluster analysis, we figured out that the three cluster of areas represented the domination of examined regional development variables. Spatial cluster analysis employs the spatially weighted variables to form a homogenous cluster of each region in West Java. The first cluster can be classified as peri-urban area (area surrounding urban region) with average-sized population, unemployment, and malnutrition size. The second cluster can be classified as rural area with small population, unemployment, and malnutrition size. The third cluster can be classified as urban area with high-sized population, unemployment, and malnutrition size. We concluded that well-developed municipalities and regencies are concentrated in the western part of West Java, a particular area that is has a close proximity to the capital city of Indonesia.