Water Worries: Indonesia and the U.S. Have Plenty in Common
Despite being on other sides of the planet, Jakarta and Iowa are staring down similar issues around water hygiene and supply.
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Despite being on other sides of the planet, Jakarta and Iowa are staring down similar issues around water hygiene and supply.
Nusantara will be the new capital of Indonesia as Jakarta continues to subside below sea level.
Before he led the world’s fourth most populous country, the president of Indonesia was consumed by an even more challenging mission: saving Jakarta. For two years, Joko Widodo served as the governor of a capital city that seemed to teeter on the brink of ruin. Since Indonesia’s independence in 1945, Jakarta had expanded from less than a million people to roughly 30 million. It
Jakarta, like many places, faces an unsustainable future. Indonesia’s president is responding by building a new capital city from scratch.
Indonesia plans to build its new capital on land that is now dense rainforest in the east of Borneo island