Survival of urban people: lesson learn from kampung pahandut people, palangkaraya city

Abstract

The sustainability development is current issue in Indonesia. This research related to sustainability development that is focuses on how survival of urban people. Most of settlement in urban area occupied by urban people with location close to the river. River is a main living orientation of urban settlement for transportation, and daily needed. The riverside area is a first settlement of people before a city grow rapidly with million houses. It proved that urban settlement give many contribution in a city development. The objective of this research is to identify how urban people survival to contribute for city development. The location of research is old Kampung namely Kampung Pahandut closed to Kahayan riverside area, Palangkaraya City, Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Research method used qualitative method based on three phase: preparation, field observation, post field observation. The output of research is a descriptive analysis by key person interview of urban people living in Kampung Pahandut. Three aspects have been analysed by physical, economic, and social aspects of urban people survival in Kampung Pahandut, Palangkaraya City. The research found that urban people can stable living in urban settlement of city center due to three aspects (physical, economic, and social aspects).