Abstract
Abstract
Urbanization and industrialization are an initial indication of the growth and expansion of urban areas to rural area. This article provides an overview of rural-urban transformation in Central Java based on population, economic and socio-politic variables. This study is part of research about regional disparity in Central Java. The aim of the study is to observe the regional typology in Central Java in two different period. The analysis departs form the concept of growth pole. The concept argues that the development of cities as the urban area is expected naturally spread to the hinterland or rural areas. Urban area is the center of regional growth process. Rural-urban transformation is designated by the decrease of agricultural sector and the increase of population in some rural region. Industrialization is referred to the transition from agriculture to manufacturing and has been assumed as progress or modernization. Cluster analysis is a multivariate statistical method for classifying objects according to their related qualities. This clustering was applied to perform the most likely cluster in Central Java using several variables at once. This study uses data from 2010 and 2020 to compare the evolution of typology. However, during the pandemic period in 2020, even most region occurred negative growth, the urban interconnectivity was established as before. The result displays in two clusters solution. Both clusters describe that the typology was established from two different methods. The first method is described as urban growth process which the industrialization comes from higher region to its surroundings (Semarang-Surakarta) and it generates corridor pattern. The second method could be interpreted as the growth process coming from the lower region (e.g., Kudus and Cilacap), where change may occur distant from the urban area.