PERMASALAHAN PERKOTAAN DAN KECENDERUNGAN PERILAKU INDIVIDUALIS PENDUDUKNYA

Abstract

Lately, urban problems have increasingly become
the topic of heated discussions due to their relations with
almost all aspects of human living. The development of
urban activities often becomes something that people laytheir hopes on so that they come to the city in great numbers
to fight for a chance to earn a living there.
it turns out that the rapidity of a city's development
brings about a certain social impact as a result of the intense
climate of competition in the life of its society. The society
then tends to be divided into two segments, namely, (1) the
winning and successful social groups in the competitive
climate and (2) the losing and defeated social groups.
Another deeply felt social impact caused by such a climate
is on the social behavior, which tends to become intra- or
intersegmentally individualistic. The expression of such
behavior may take two aspects, i.e., physical and attitudinal
aspects, which are always reflected in daily social behavior.
From the analysis in this study it can be concluded
that individualistic behavior is the main characteristic of
urban life. Such behavior is impossible to eliminate because
it emerges from the existing competitive climate. However,
it needs to be put under control in order to prevent conflicts
between individuals or social groups who reside in the city.
One means of such control is social education given to
inhabitants or potential inhabitants of urban environments
so that there comes a relationship of mutual need between
the individuals and the existing groups.