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 - Urbanisation in Jabodetabek - living in a squatter settlement.
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This is a problem because if there is a heavy rain and its windy,

their houses can  collapse easily because there homes have very bad structure it is not built properly with right material like bricks etc.

People who live in rural Jakarta usually shower and wash their clothes in the lake and it is dangerous for their health because the lake is dirty and it can spread diseases and since the house are really close to each other the diseases can spread to other people like you neighbors. It will also be hard for them to go down to the lake because there is no proper way to go to the lake

This place also have bad environment which comes from the trash, lake and the train track beside where they live. That can effect their repository system cause they will breathe that air everyday.

This may also cause a flood because there is a lot of trash blocking the drains and making the water stop coming into the drain and also there is not much trees so then land slides might wreck the house since there is nothing stoping it.

The government can solve this by putting the villagers in a eco friendly place where they don't have to pay. try to give basic needs, make better structure by building some for them. Mostly give education because if probably most of the kids don't go to school since they cannot afford it. We also need to give clean water for them to drink, wash their cloths, etc.

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This is a problem because if there is heavy rain and its very windy, their houses can get destroyed easily because of their really thin roof.  People who live in rural Jakarta usually shower and wash their clothes in the lake and it is dangerous for their health because the lake is dirty. It will also be hard for them to go down to the lake because there is no proper way to go to the lake. For example, they can make a small stairway to the river so that its easier for them to go down and they wont get injured. This may also cause a flood because there is a lot of trash blocking the drains and making the water stop coming into the drain.

This is also not healthy for the people who is living here because if they get sick or they have an illness thats expensive to cure them, there is no proper clinic or hospital. The education is not that good and it is also really hard for them to pay because they don have the money. It is also really hard for them to find a job because they don't have the experience of working somewhere professional or nice for them to tell to the person who is interviewing them and they might also not look as good or professional as the person want to.

The government can improve the environment by cleaning the drains and the area, clean the lake, improve the environment, make a small stairway so they can go to the lake easily.They can also make a donation box where people can donate small amounts of money or they can prepare a big box so that they can donate essentials such as soap, toothpaste, cleaning supplies, toothbrush. etc. This place also needs to be more hygienic
and kid friendly

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They live over dirty water because they can't afford to live somewhere nicer.  This causes problems because it would not be very clean.

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They live over dirty water because they can't afford to live somewhere nicer.  This causes problems because it would not be very clean.

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Lots of people live in one house so there is not much space this is not good if people are ill because people catch diseases easily if they are near others with diseases. which will lead to children not being able to get good jobs in the future and not being well enough to earn money
If they get diseases there is no good medical care so they can not be treated this can lead to death.
There is lots of litter so it is not clean and attracts rats and flies so there is more chance of disease because rats carry disease.
there are no recycling bins so people just burn their plastic creating pollution - this can lead to disease. this will result in death. In Addition the plastic will clog up and make the river dirty so the people wont have clean water.
The government do not do anything to help so the quality of life is not very good.
The houses could easily collapse into the river and the people probably can't swim so they will drown
http://indonesiaurbanstudies.blogspot.co.id/2007/04/urban-poverty-and-inequality-in-jakarta.html

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Without repeating everything from my earlier work, it is clear that squatter areas or shanty towns have many things in common:

The Living areas are normally temporary by nature as squatters will use whatever materials are available to make a house. Squatters normally do not own the land they are on, hence, the housing is temporary. There is no proper sanitation and therefore they use either drains or the river (picture above) both for their waste and human excrement. Lack of social programmes to help the communities to move into proper housing with sanitation.

The unhygienic conditions cause disease and sickness. Very poor communities live in such squalid conditions. Normally, such areas have no access to electricity. This will give them no contact with other people from other countries, cities and areas. Lack of education and medical facilities for people living in these areas. Children growing up in these areas will find it difficult to get permanent jobs when they grow up.

As there is no education, there are not a lot of job opportunities for children growing up in these areas.

Without governmental help to assist such areas it is extremely unlikely that conditions will improve. In the future, Jabodetabek, will have to try and get rid of most of their rural areas. This will improve on how JABODETABEK will do in the future.

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These people live in an area where there is so much waste of plastic which cane result in to the birth of disease rapidly .Looking at this picture we think that the government doesn't even care about what is going on .

They will have no food these days as its really very sunny and I don't think so they would be having manures for their use .The houses built in here are made of really low quality products such as plastic and bricks which could be easily broken into two which will result  into homeless people .

I think the people their earn a very less amount because it is hard to find jobs such areas .In. here education would be very rare .In here it is really very hard to stay without food.

I think the government should take care of the surrounding and should check the day to day activities to the people in the image .The government should offer jobs too people who are jobless and should provide schooling to children for their better future .

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https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-slum-areas-in-Jakarta
These people have to live with many negative factors. For example, their shacks are unstable, and during bad weather, their houses could collapse and they would have to rebuild them with the small amount of money that they have.

An example of an environmental factor is the flooding that occurs during a wet season. The flooding is very visible in this photo, and you can see that these villagers have attempted to heighten their houses but is clearly unstable.

Another negative factor is the visible litter floating around in the river. This suggests that they have nowhere to store rubbish and therefore, they have to litter in the river. This is not good for the people who live here because the river would flood during a tropical storm and the rubbish may get into their house and attract rats leading to disease.

We can also observe that these people are living together and squashed together. This could badly affect them because if someone caught an illness, it would spread and unfortunately they do not have access to proper medication due to poverty. If this continues, their immunity system will worsen and because they are not finding enough food they will possibly die of hunger and illness.

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These people have to live with many negative factors. For example, their shacks are unstable, and during bad weather, their houses could collapse and they would have to rebuild them with the small amount of money that they have.

An example of an environmental factor is the flooding that occurs during a wet season. The flooding is very visible in this photo, and you can see that these villagers have attempted to heighten their houses but is clearly unstable.

Another negative factor is the visible litter floating around in the river. This suggests that they have nowhere to store rubbish and therefore, they have to litter in the river. This is not good for the people who live here because the river would flood during a tropical storm and the rubbish may get into their house and attract rats leading to disease.

We can also observe that these people are living together and squashed together. This could badly affect them because if someone caught an illness, it would spread and unfortunately they do not have access to proper medication due to poverty.

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Stella Eddy

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There are a lot of rubbish scattered in the river and next to the houses. This will affect the people living in the houses because, the rubbish might attract rats and might spread diseases, if one person got a disease, it might spread to them. Because they don’t have enough money to wash clothes with clean water, they will wash their clothes in the dirty river  full of rubbish, children might also play their because their parents don’t have enough money to buy toys for them. The rubbish can also bring germs and bacteria. This might also affect how they live, they might be too tired to work or find food maybe because their job is far from their house, and might lead them to death.

The houses are poorly built and small. This suggests that the people living in the area don’t have enough money to build a house on another place, not near a dirty river. The houses are crammed together, which suggests overcrowded conditions this may lead them to not enough food and water supplies for everyone.

http://indonesiaurbanstudies.blogspot.co.id/2007/03/urbanization-and-suburbanization-in.html

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Houses are crammed and poorly constructed suggesting overcrowded living conditions.Which may lead  to a poor supply of living essentials and cause residents to work harder and try to earn more money to try and support the family.Since the living situation is hard there might not be a chance that earning money is very hard.There are open drains full of waste and rubbish piled above houses.This attracts might rats, flies and mosquitoes which may carry diseases causing residents to be ill. Due to residents living situations the diseases unfortunately spread quickly amongst the town.Causing long term disabilities and may lead citizen an even harder ability to work/earn money and due to this they may not have great access to medication.The shanty town here is located by railway tracks this is because people cant afford proper land and have to built it on unwanted land. The government doesn't seem to be trying to change and develop the peoples lives.They just seem to be wreaking the shanty towns forcing the people to build their houses in other areas. The government should be trying to take care and look after the people making sure they control their hygiene and should try and provides some education for the people living in these conditions
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/03/china-invest-162b-shantytowns/

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https://id.pinterest.com/pin/477733472959555560/?lp=true - citation of image

There are many social factors regarding Jakarta's issues. People living in these unhealthy conditions, presented in the picture above, would be constantly sheded in deep waters, which would prevent them from leaving their houses. After a disaster such as this one, people may collect rubbish from the streets, to fix or rebuild their homes, because of the damage done. Their lives primarily revolve around the climate, and location they are living in.

Secondly, economical factors are apparent in this photos. During the day, people in this environment would go to the market and earn money through buyers. With that money, they would then use a part of it to buy ingredients to cook food for their family, and keep what’s left of it. If they were lucky, they would be able to afford meat, such as fish or chicken; however, they frequently manage to afford vegetables and rice.

Thirdly, many illustrations of environmental factors can be seen. These houses are crammed together and poorly constructed, suggesting overcrowded living conditions. This might lead to the transmission of diseases, particularly respiratory infections or viruses.  Secondly, foundations of these houses are slim and have the ability to give into natural disasters easily. Floods are most common and occur often in Indonesia, and due to the confined spaces between each home,  the majority of the community could be damaged, as one house collapses over another. There are open drains full of waste and rubbish, that have risen with water from the rains of Jakarta. This can attract rats which can cause severe diseases, such as Rat-bite fever, and leptospirosis, which can result in liver and kidney damage. Rats spread around diseases due to overcrowdedness which would physically make a situation worse.

Lastly, many political factors are reflected in the image above. The government controlling the area should provide more care to their living environment and pay more attention to their lives. The government could improve the living conditions, using the money from income tax.

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Social Factors, Economic Factors, Environmental Factors and Political Factors ( SEEP )  

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Social Factors, Economic Factors, Environmental Factors and Political Factors ( SEEP )  

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- Azza

Social Factors | The Social Factors within this Shanty Town would appear to be that the children living in this town wouldn't meet new people but only old friends, because this shanty town is very small, showing that it'll be hard to meet new people, when everyone's moving to an Urban Area and not a Rural Site, and since this is also a small site it's hard for anyone to meet new people, find new jobs, and get a sustainable income. (Depends)

Environmental Factors | The Environmental side of this is just bad, if you can see via the photo given would appear that the area is just dirty, unclean, and the people seen are walking on rough ground without shoes or sandals, just bare feet. And if you look closely, the paint, walls and the roofs of the building are dirty, unclean and un-sanitary. It would also appear that the area itself is un-sanitary.

Economic Factors |

Political Factors |

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Nicolas Escobedo Poznyakov https://www.google.co.id/search?safe=strict&biw=1440&bih=826&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=pmifWsnWMYThvgSMzICgBA&q=rural+area+in+jakarta&oq=rural+area+in+jakarta&gs_l=psy-ab.3...4427.10607.0.11271.17.14.2.1.1.0.253.1681.2j7j2.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..3.5.669...0j0i67k1.0.Y_wMUJKQh3w#imgrc=x7OOSCP7SiQhJM:

A social factor is that people work really hard every day and they don't really have any jobs. You can see that there is a lot of trash which can bring different sickness which will affect their health also, there is no clean water because people throw away trash to the river which means that people can not drink water from there.

An economic factor is people earn money by selling things in a small shop which they don't really earn a lot of money because many people can't afford it, as a result, people don't get as much money as urban areas.  Some people don't even spend money they just farm at home to get the food for their family, so they won't die of hunger.

An environmental factor is that the buildings that they built are really small and there like eleven people living in one of this little houses. This is really bad because if someone gets sick then the sickness is spread more quickly because there is like eleven people living in a little house. There is also a lot of rubbish which means that there will be more rats mosquitos and people can get the sickness much more easily.

A political factor is that government doesn't even care about what is happening in this place because no one comes with the medicine nor with the food so people struggle with their lives. I get this idea because there is a lot of rubbish which telling me what I think is telling me.

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Problems that can happen:

Right in front the small house, there is a polluted river which means that the younger kids especially can slip when it’s raining or at night and fall deep into the river.This can cause serious problems.

Also when the wind is strong, the house can get destroyed and serious problems can happen.When there is flood, the houses will also be destroyed.
The houses are very close too each other and no gates/door.Their is no way no move or walk.

Reasons it will affect people:

From the picture, you can see that there is pollution and old. It's not good for your lungs and livers. You can also get diseases/ill. This means that you will not get to have much good foods. You have to work everyday and can somehow get stressed. You will not get to wear good looking clothes and wear the same clothes all the time.

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https://www.iied.org/human-settlements-our-ways-working

Houses in this settlement are small, crammed and poorly constructed. Small and crammed houses provide less space for people to live and do things and children to play in. The houses are located next to each other with not much privacy from the neighbors. This might lead to problems and conflicts among people as some neighbors’ actions might disturb the others due to lack of boundaries, and consequently, crime rates might also increase as a result of this. Furthermore, the houses do not look strong nor stable. Some parts of the houses are supported by thin sticks. In bad weather, these houses might collapse and harm people. These people might also lose their homes.

The houses are located near an extremely dirty river. There are a few pipes from the houses that lead to the river which might carry human waste and other wastes polluting it. The sides of the river are covered with mold, moss, and fungus. The river becomes a breeding place for germs and bacteria. These people might use the dirty river water for drinking, cleaning and washing their clothes. This polluted living environment can cause people to contract many kinds of airborne and waterborne diseases such as cholera, dysentery, hepatitis, typhoid, tuberculosis, and diphtheria. As they are exposed to a dirty environment, there is a higher chance of people having disabled children.

The picture of the settlement shows that people who live there might be extremely poor and not earn nor spend much money. They probably do not have good jobs and therefore cannot afford a better housing.

The people in this settlement also might not afford to have good medical care. This along with unhygienic environment might lead to serious illnesses and premature deaths.

It is likely that people in this settlement do not have access to good education. This will prevent them from getting good jobs which will make it hard for them to improve their economic conditions. This might go for generations which will impact the whole community. Soon, the whole community including the younger generations will not get good jobs and will not earn good money.

The poor living conditions of the settlement might imply that the government has not paid very good attention to the environment. They will need to work with people to keep the environment clean. The government also might not have given good attention to the poor. They will need to help the unfortunate build better housing and improve their lives.

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The houses are crammed together and is poorly built. This suggests an overcrowded living condition for the residents of this area which may lead to not enough supplies such as food and water for everyone. This is an example of a social factor. There are open drains full of waste and rubbish. The many kind of diseases, like cholera and typhoid,  within them can be dangerous and it could infect the people living in the area.

To add on, some of these diseases can be long-term. This will have an impact on children living in squatter settlements could possibly have difficulty finding places to go to school or being employed in the future. The trash also can attract unwanted insects and rodents which may also contain vector-borne diseases. The illnesses of the residents may also lead to it being hard getting a job as no employer would want someone sick which would then develop in scarcity of money for the family. Another problem the sicknesses could lead to would be the fact that many squatter settlements lack proper medical treatment which further could lead to deaths of residents. These deaths can further lead to social unrest and public demonstrations which is a political factor.