Mamminasata Metropolitan

MAKASSAR has been designed as a metropolis of a metropolitan area called Mamminasata, acronym of Makassar, Maros, Sungguminasa, and Takalar. Makassar has grown become region with complex problem. Therefore, this city needs a new big environment called metropolitan.

Metropolitan
Metropolitan area is a large population (over 1 million) which consists of the metropolis that serves as the center of region and two or three surrounding area that serves as a satellite.

The characteristic of metropolitan are:

• Consists of at least three areas of mutual synergizing role
• It has the structure of a major city (metropolis) and some support areas
• It has a population of at least 1 million people
• Consists of regions that resemblance on culture and regional identity
• It has a mutual support environment system
• It has a transportation network that integrates these regions
• Having a networked infrastructure to support movement of goods and people

Mamminasata Metropolitan

Makassar is a metropolis of Mamminasata Metropolitan. The metropolitan area includes Makassar city, Maros, Gowa and Takalar. Mamminasata Metropolitan defined by Decree of the Governor of South Sulawesi in 2003.

Mamminasata region covers the whole area of Makassar City, whole area of Takalar Regency, except two districts of Maros Regency, and except six districts of Gowa Regency. The exception caused the location of the districts are too far from the metropolis.

Mamminasata Metropolitan extends 2,462.3 square kilometers or 246,230 hectares (Final Report: Integrated Spatial Plan for the Metropolitan Area of Mamminasata; Mamminasata Metropolitan Cooperation Development Board; 2006)

Concept of Mamminasata Metropolitan
Metropolitan has clear definition. It’s different from the definition of city. Metropolitan is more complex and hierarchical concept. Makassar is not a metropolitan by itself. But if the existence contextualized to the surrounding areas, then it became metropolitan.

Usually, the name of mteropolitan is taken from the name of its metropolis. However, the trend in Indonesia is not the case. Name of metropolitan is generally taken by combining the names of all area. Such as Jabodetabek, as well Mamminasata.


Mamminasata Metropolitan areas classified into three zones:

• Urban zones (red). This zone is concentration of settlement and economic activity, which is the whole area of Makassar, Maros town, Sungguminasa town, and Takalar town.
• Semi-urban zones (yellow), this is periphery or outside the urban zone.
• Conservation zones (green). This zone is a region in eastern part of Mamminasata which covers most of the Bawakaraeng plateau containing water sources and protected areas.

Urban dan Semi-urban urban zones are where people doing the activity. While the conservation zone cannot be used for activities because it serves a support environment for life in the two zones still comfortable.

Quoted from the book Makassar Bagaimana Menjadi Kota Dunia, work of Furqon Majeed and Jumadi Mappanganro, published by Ombak, Yogyakarta, 2008