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Time is running out for Jakarta, the sinking capital of Indonesia, amid calls for a new capital city. The 16th century metropolis is one of the world's fastest sinking cities.
The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely ...
The city's massive amount of traffic is also costly. According to the BBC, the planning minister has estimated traffic jams in Jakarta cost the economy some $6.8 billion annually.
Flood-prone Jakarta is the world’s fastest sinking city — as fast as 10 centimetres per year. In parts of North Jakarta, which is particularly susceptible to flooding, the ground has sunk 2.5 ...
In fact, Jakarta is sinking faster than any other big city on the planet, faster, even, than climate change is causing the sea to rise — so surreally fast that rivers sometimes flow upstream ...
[JAKARTA] Six weeks from now on Aug 17, Indonesia will celebrate its Independence Day. It will also be when Nusantara – a modern city being built on the eastern coast of Borneo – begins operations, ...
Reuters, Jakarta. Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:01 AM Last update on: Sun Mar 8, 2015 01:53 AM ...
Jakarta is sinking by an average of 1-15cm a year and almost half the city now sits below sea level. The impact is immediately apparent in North Jakarta. In the district of Muara Baru, an entire ...
The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely ...
The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely ...