ABSTRACT
Southeast Asia has become, over the last 70 years, far less anomalous due to rapid population growth, and that the geography of this growth has reflected the importance of two main redistributions of population: the migration of rural populations to already existing and newly built cities and migration to previously relatively empty areas now being developed for new wealth-generating purposes. The first thing to say about internal migration in Indonesia is that it is well known for its indigenous population mobility systems. The nature of economic development has shaped internal migration affecting, for example, whether the migration took the form of one-way permanent migration, away and return flows, seasonal migration or circulation. Southeast Asia is urbanizing quickly as its economies grow through both export success and growth of domestic consumption, and as its populations seek out modern urban lifestyles.
