Open AccessLiving together: The phenomenon of house occupancy in Indonesia with particular reference to Balikpapan East Kalimantan
Author(s) -
W. I. Hakim,
Triatno Yudo Harjoko
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/523/1/012048
Subject(s) - occupancy , indonesian , renting , phenomenon , context (archaeology) , unit (ring theory) , business , scale (ratio) , geography , architectural engineering , political science , psychology , engineering , cartography , law , linguistics , philosophy , physics , mathematics education , archaeology , quantum mechanics
This study explores housing problem concerning the most widely perceived idea of housing needs that heavily influenced by the technical and macro-scale level as well as the units’ tenure and occupancy which is mainly perceived as owning and renting. On the other hand, the housing cannot be seen as such due to the existence of different context of the problem and the various aspirations of occupants. This research highlights the other kind of occupancy phenomenon among Indonesian who can get access to and live in a housing unit without owning or renting – by living and staying with their relatives. In particular reference to Balikpapan East Kalimantan, this study concerns the modus of this specific kind of house occupancy and aims to reveal the housing processes as well as aspirations of the house occupants who live and stay together.