7.055 Priority Areas for Slum Upgrading

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) released a report titled "2020 PUPR Infrastructure Statistical Information". According to the report, 7,055 cities are prioritized for urban slum handling by the PUPR Ministry.

The details are as follows: 1,043 cities are categorized as "severely slum-like" with a verified area of 8,724.61 hectares; 1,754 cities are categorized as "moderately slum-like" with an area of 14,135.89 hectares; and 1,902 cities are categorized as "slightly slum-like" with an area of 12,154.81 hectares. Finally, 2,456 cities with an undefined slum level are also prioritized for handling, covering an area of 9,292.83 hectares.

The PUPR Ministry explained that urban settlement development faces problems of low quality and quantity of settlement infrastructure, resulting in low quality of settlements and the lives of their inhabitants. Slum areas emerge as a result of high population growth and the rate of urbanization.

This population growth is not matched by the availability of decent housing and settlement infrastructure. The PUPR Ministry divides settlements into 7 criteria to determine whether they are categorized as slums or not.

These criteria are: provision of piped clean water services; wastewater treatment services; drainage and flood control; fire services; and green open space. Furthermore, waste management and disaster mitigation are also considered.