With its vast land space of over 664,01 square kilometres, along with its thriving human and natural resources, no one can deny that Jakarta is greatly accelerating the country’s overall economic growth. However, the megacity's commercial viability is seemingly being offset by a far greater threat to its existence. Rapid urbanisation caused by the high influx of towering skyscrapers, buzzing vehicles filling up its streets, and a growing population pressure put Indonesia in a precarious ecological state.
In this report, we discuss in detail the principal factors that led to the coastal metropolis’ current state. These problems are not new to any developed economy that has to wrestle with the need to propel its fiscal growth while ensuring that sustainability demands are given equal priority. This notwithstanding, Jakarta’s case is still instructive of how ecological issues get to substantially influence a capital’s development, how these problems are somehow just interconnected, and most importantly, how the government comes up with unique ways to address them.
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