Abstrak 
The Emergence of Jakarta-Bandung MegaUrban Region and Its Future Challenges
H. M. Fadhil Nurdin
Samudra Biru (Member of IKAPI)
Inggris
H. M. Fadhil Nurdin, Samudra Biru (Member of IKAPI)
This chapter explains on human geography and planning as part of human life. This study explores the relationships between two adjacent metropolitan centers, Jakarta and Bandung, over the past ten years. The merging process between both of the metropolitan areas has been forecasted by many studies, yet the variables that lead to the process are still not very clear. This present study will try to fill the gap by undertaking two approaches. First, “measure” the relationships between Jakarta and Bandung by looking at the flows of people, investment and commodity. Secondly, step a bit further by examining the implications of the relationships between both centers to the corridor area between them. This present study ends up with findings that over the past ten years there have been an intensifying relationship between Jakarta and Bandung in the flows of people, investment and commodity. On the same period, a rapid urbanization process has also been occurring in the corridor area between both metropolitan centers. There are both direct and indirect relations between these two geographical phenomena which finally lead to the emergence of the Jakarta-Bandung mega-urban region.