Urbanization philosophical perspective of slum settings in the City of Palembang

Philosophical urbanization occurs because humans jointly move ( migrate ) to a destination area in search of a better life than before . Population density in urban areas will give birth to slums in the city of Palembang. Migrants who have a low economy will live in slums. Studi was conducted desk study with use a philosophical approach in order to obtain an essential explanation of the process of urbanization to the development of slums in the city of Palembang. The results of this study are that they migrated because they were influenced by important reasons namely employment reasons. The essential truth is that they migrate because they need money to eat, while the place they work in their native area is generally a farmer who earns an income that is uncertain and in accordance with natural conditions. When nature is not supporting, poverty is also affected by each of its citizens, forcing them to immediately go to look for cities with high economic activity. Migrants who have a low economy will occupy slums in the city of Palembang. This migration activity continues to follow the previous family so that it increases urbanization in Palembang City. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.