Open AccessModernisasi Kota dan Bencana Wabah Malaria di Cirebon Tahun 1930-an
Author(s) -
Imas Emalia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
purbawidya : jurnal penelitian dan pengembangan arkeologi/purbawidya: jurnal penelitian dan pengembangan arkeologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2528-3618
pISSN - 2252-3758
DOI - 10.24164/pw.v10i2.389
Subject(s) - modernization theory , malaria , outbreak , colonialism , government (linguistics) , industrialisation , economic growth , geography , political science , socioeconomics , economy , economics , medicine , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , virology , law , immunology
This article aimed to explain the process of urban modernization and malaria outbreak in the colonial era. The emphasis on modernization is based on several documents from the Nederlandsche Indies government regarding the formation of cities in Java which prioritized infrastructure development for economic that so triggered the malaria outbreak, especially in coastal areas and plantations. This modernization program based on economic industrialization has influenced the economic people, workers, traders, employees, and healers. In the process of modernization, the emergence of the malaria outbreak spreads to the people. Therefore, the focus of this research analysis is on the modernization process and malaria outbreak in Cirebon in the colonial era. It is important to note that modernization does not does not always produce cultural products that have a positive impact. In addition, it is also for the assumption that the malaria outbreak is an environmental problem due to ignorant public health problem.