Power Law Signature in Indonesian Population

• Main Authors: Mulianta, Ivan, Situngkir, Hokky, Surya, Yohanes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 02-09-2004
• Subjects: Physics - Pattern Formation and Solitons
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.nlin/0409006

The paper analyzes the spreading of population in Indonesia. The spreading of
population in Indonesia is clustered in two regional terms, i.e.: kabupaten and
kotamadya. It is interestingly found that the rank in all kabupaten respect to
the population does not have fat tail properties, while in the other hand;
there exists power-law signature in kotamadya. We analyzed that this fact could
be caused by the equal or similar infrastructural development in all regions;
nevertheless, we also note that the first 20 kabupatens are dominated in Java
and Sumatera. Furthermore, the fat tail character in the rank of kotamadya
could be caused by the big gap between big cities one another, e.g.: Jakarta,
Surabaya, and others. The paper ends with some suggestions of more attention to
infrastructural development in eastern regional cities.