ABSTRACT
The Jakarta Metropolitan Area has experienced dynamic urban development in the last three decades. However, this development has not followed plans formulated by the government but has been organic and urban planning has been unable to keep up with it. Although statutory metropolitan planning exists on paper, in reality it is ineffective in guiding urban development. Particularly since the deregulation that took place during Soeharto’s New Order, urban development has been driven mainly by private interests. Government planning has therefore done little to shape Jakarta’s face today; the city’s appearance is more the result of private sector-led urban development practices.
