Jembatan Besi

• Place characteristics 1: population of Jakarta

  10m
• Place characteristics 2: proportion of Jakarta's inhabitants that live in slum settlements

  1/4
• Place characteristics 3: Indonesia's population

  256m, 5th largest country in the world
• Place characteristics 4: Distance of Jemabatan Besi from Jakarta city centre

  4km northwest
• Place characteristics 5: population of Jembatan Besi

  4000
• Housing conditions 1: most homes consist of ......

  relatively well built ground floor of timber and brick
• Housing conditions 2: as extra pressure for space has grown .....

  extra storeys have been added that become increasingly makeshift
• Housing conditions 3: fire is a constant risk due to .........

  overcrowding, use of kerosene and the improvised electrical wiring
• Housing conditions 4: due to narrow alleys and ......

  tall buildings, houses have almost no direct sunlight
• Environmental quality 1: air pollution is at ............

  very high levels due to use of kerosene
• Environmental quality 2: climate

  tropical and humid
• Access to resources 1: very limited .......

  toilet access
• Access to resources 2: ........... was often cut short

  education
• Income 1: average income of residents is ....

  approx US$4/day but for many this is not regular income
• Income 2: many families are .....

  self-employed and run small businesses
• Income 3: selling .........

  food or second-hand goods is common
• Income 4: significant ......

  garment industry
• Income 5: there is little protection for those employed in these .....

  small factories and few health and safety precautions
• Health 1: sanitation


  hardly exists
• Health 2: few homes have .......

  a toilet and community ones are poorly built
• Health 3: toilets tend to .......

  flush out into open sewers in the street
• Health 4: no clean .......

  running water- groundwater supplies are available but polluted
• Health 5: waterborne diseases are .....

  very common, as are malaria and hepatitus A due to the tropical climate
• Health 6: air pollution levels are very high due to ......

  use of kerosene and high levels of emissions pose significant health risks for residents
• Education 1: most schools are ........

  poorly equipped
• Education 2: often children cannot complete their formal education because ....


  they need to earn money to supplement family incomes
• Education 3: the industry that is a major source of employment for many young women

  the garment industry
• Age/gender/ethnicity/personal mobility: inhabitants include people whose families have .......

  lived there for several generation but also migrant workers who may only stay for a few months
• Future 1: ....... is difficult and .......

  planning

  almost non-existent in slums
• Future 2: the Jakarta Housing and Administrative Buildings Agency has identified .....

  392 'community units' that are slum areas planned planned for improvement
• Future 3: slum clearance to allow rebuilding has tended to .......


  result in people relocating to other slum areas and making the situation worse there
• Future 4: strong sense of ........

  community, residents are very resilient