Spatial Development and Economic Competitiveness of Yogyakarta Urban Area

Abstract

Yogyakarta City has a high population density and is classified as a large city. During its development, the increase in population led to the development of a city that expanded beyond administrative boundaries. In addition, differences and concentrations of economic activities in Yogyakarta City indicate income inequality. The wider the area and the population will lead to a tendency for complexity of problems related to regional inequality and economic competitiveness. This study aims to examine the direction of development of the Yogyakarta urban area through the development of land use and economic competitiveness. This research uses quantitative research methods with quantitative descriptive analysis techniques. The results showed that in a period of 4 years, the subdistricts located in the hinterland of the Yogyakarta urban area, namely some of the subdistricts in Sleman Regency, experienced a built-up land growth of 251 ha. The analysis of economic competitiveness shows that the districts that have economic competitiveness from the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors are dominated by the hinterland sub-districts of the Yogyakarta urban area and the value of economic inequality in the urban Yogyakarta area is high, namely 0.94. Based on the analysis of the development of developed land and the analysis of economic competitiveness, it shows that the direction of development in the urban area of Yogyakarta is dominated by sub-districts located in the hinterland part of the northern part of Yogyakarta urban area.