Lifestyle Changes, Individual Mobility, and Interactions in Suburban Settlement Areas of Makassar City, Indonesia: Perceptual Model Approach

The development of urban mobility, perceptions, influences, and scenarios is largely determined by socio-economic changes and cultural diffusion, which drive the spatial interaction of settlement areas. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the factors that determine, influence, and map models of lifestyle changes and individual mobility perceptions in socio-economic spatial interactions. Data collection was conducted through observation and a questionnaire from 398 samples in the settlement of Bumi Tamal Anrea Permai and the surroundings. The multivariant statistical analysis methods was used to test the factors and perception mapping with multidimensional scaling was processed with SPSS 25 software. The results showed that individual mobility is characterized by changes in lifestyle and socio-economic, such as increase in private vehicle ownership in suburban. Based on the scenarios created, perceptual model of individual mobility and spatial interaction was formed to determine the increase in private vehicle ownership. The results improved the substantive concept of spatial flows through the integration in the city transport system. This research would help formulate the ideal transport sector policy for urban and suburban development to realize the sustainability of cities in the future.