Urban water problems, ranging from the lack of access to water supply and sanitation services to those caused by climate extremes (e.g. Thailand’s severe flooding in 2011), are complex and have tremendous effects on a city’s livelihood. Most policies to improve urban water security have been translated into the need to have climate-proofing In the second half of the century, Batavia became Jakarta, a megacity of 31 million people and the capital of independent Indonesia was beset with most of the same urban problems experienced in This is evident in Jakarta, where green areas occupy a small proportion of space in an increasingly concretised city. There is a need to reintegrate public green spaces in Jakarta, enabling balanced urban development amidst the threats of capitalist development. Increasing public green spaces is a longstanding solution for tackling ever Due to the problems facing Jakarta, plans to relocate Indonesia’s capital have a long history. Hendricus Andy Simamarta is a lecturer in urban planning at the University of Indonesia and Vay Tiền Nhanh Ggads.

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