Jakarta, home to over 11mn people, is literally sinking. It’s a city of dreams for many, yet whole communities are facing a nightmare, worsened by climate change, patchy urban planning and ...

Jakarta is now sinking at a truly alarming rate—a rate that varies around the city but is up to 11 inches a year in the northern areas. About 40 percent of Jakarta is below sea level.

Aldrian has warned that about 40 percent of Jakarta lies below sea level and the northern part of the city is sinking at a rate of 4.9cm (almost 2 inches) each year.

Dozens of coastal regions around the world, including Jakarta, Lagos and Tianjin are sinking at an alarming rate.

5. Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakarta, a metropolis city of Indonesia, completes the list of the fastest sinking cities in the world, assuming peak velocity at 26 mm per year. The rising sea levels have ...

Jakarta, the fastest-sinking city in the world, has finally taken action on its core land subsidence problem when groundwater free zones for highrise buildings will start to be established in ...

Indonesia is reviving plans to construct a giant sea wall in the latest of measures to prevent its capital city of Jakarta from sinking at a faster rate. The project will require three phases of ...