Abstract
As one of major cities in Indonesia and a city given special administrative status due to its sultanate-historical background, Yogyakarta has been (and still is) facing intensive flows of people from outside the city; making the process of urbanization of the city a complex one. The abundant workers in informal sector are part of this intensive flow of the people. Shrinking place for living as well as for finding jobs, seems to be perceived by the informal sector workers as part of their daily life, that have to be accepted as it is. In this paper, the authors try to take a closer look at Yogyakartas informal sector workers, focusing on the hawkers in the main street of the city, which is called Malioboro street. Through interviews with the workers, the authors try to grasp their perception of their daily life as informal sectors workers and their survival strategies, in order to define the meaning of social justice from the point of view of the workers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The 5th International Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) 2011 |
| Place of Publication | National University if Sinagpore |
| Edition | Global Visions: Risks and Opportunities for the Urban Planet |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
