Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Law, Social Sciences, and Education, ICLSSE 2022, 28 October 2022, Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia

Research Article

Migrant Livelihood Challenges in Peri-Urban Area

Download234 downloads
  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.28-10-2022.2326346,
        author={I Gede Astra  Wesnawa and I Made  Sarmita and Putu Indra  Christiawan},
        title={Migrant Livelihood Challenges in Peri-Urban Area},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Law, Social Sciences, and Education, ICLSSE 2022, 28 October 2022, Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICLSSE},
        year={2023},
        month={1},
        keywords={livelihood challenges; livelihood strategies; migrant; peri-urban areas},
        doi={10.4108/eai.28-10-2022.2326346}
    }
    
  • I Gede Astra Wesnawa
    I Made Sarmita
    Putu Indra Christiawan
    Year: 2023
    Migrant Livelihood Challenges in Peri-Urban Area
    ICLSSE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-10-2022.2326346
I Gede Astra Wesnawa1,*, I Made Sarmita1, Putu Indra Christiawan1
  • 1: Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Indonesia
*Contact email: astra.wesnawa@undiksha.ac.id

Abstract

The demographic transition from rural to urban areas in developing countries, particularly Indonesia, has been an urbanization phenomenon for the past two decades. This phenomenon led to a rapid increase in the urban population. The insufficient carrying capacity of the city, particularly the availability of land, urges the spread of urban space and activities into peri-urban areas. This study looks at the problems with making a living that migrants from peri-urban areas in Denpasar City face now and how they deal with them. Through a qualitative research design, data is collected through in-depth interviews, then analyzed using a descriptive method. The results of the study show that the main challenges faced by migrants are related to socioeconomic, sociocultural and safety factors. The rise of small-scale trading creates unhealthy competition that hurts the sales and profits of peri-urban migrants. Moreover, peri-urban migrants have had problems like not speaking the same language and having different religious and cultural traditions. Mapping the challenges of migrants' livelihoods in peri-urban areas is the initial foundation for determining policy strategies for dealing with poverty, slum settlements, and socioeconomic and population problems.