Jakarta
by Rachel Wong
-
Jakarta: An Introduction
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is the largest city in Southeast Asia with a population of over 10.5 million people in 2020. Combined with its neighboring cities, the Jakarta metropolitan…
-
Jakarta: Global Cities
QUESTIONS: How did global economic flows impact Jakarta’s urban development and status as a global city? How do Jakarta’s globalizing processes bring Sassen’s Global City Theory into question? Jakarta and…
-
Jakarta: Colonialism
QUESTIONS: How have Jakarta’s colonial past and its social hierarchies been reflected in built form? How have colonial legacies persisted in an urban Jakarta post-independence? Dividing and conquering space When…
-
Jakarta: Waste
QUESTIONS: How has the evolving political landscape impacted the development of Jakarta’s waste management and illustrated the inequalities of access to sanitation services? To understand the broader waste management system…
