A viral seawall leak in sinking, overcrowded Jakarta raises fresh concerns over coastal safety as officials rush to reinforce ...
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The City Dropping 13 Feet Into the Sea While Officials Look Away
Jakarta isn’t sinking in decades—it’s sinking right now. Entire districts have already dropped more than 13 feet, while ...
The coastline of Jakarta, Indonesia is sinking, with the sea level at Pantai Mutiara in North Jakarta higher than the surrounding land. Without barriers, the seawater would flood inland.
The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it ...
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Jakarta becomes world’s most populous city at 42 million
Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta has overtaken Tokyo as the world’s most populous megacity, with almost 42 million inhabitants. The dense and sinking city’s dramatic growth has been driven, in part, by ...
With an estimated population of nearly 42 million residents, Indonesian capital Jakarta soared from 33rd place to surpass ...
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