Jakarta, Indonesia: Racing to Save the World's 2nd Largest MEGACITY

Jakarta is the world's second-largest city and the capital of Indonesia, but it is sinking into the sea. This is the race to save it.

Key sources and videos quoted:
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown bit.ly/3Kmn4oj
Jakarta is Sinking!    • Jakarta is sinking! - Equator from th...  
Jakarta is the World's Fastest Sinking City    • Jakarta Is The World's Fastest-Sinkin...  
Asia's Sinking Cities: Jakarta    • Asia's Sinking Cities: Jakarta | Insi...  
Jakarta Kota Air (Part 1)    • JAKARTA KOTA AIR (Part 1) - Jakarta, ...  
Jakarta Unfair (Full Version)    • JAKARTA UNFAIR (full version)  
Why Jakarta is sinking    • Why Jakarta is sinking  
Indonesia Pollution: Jakarta tries to clean world's filthiest river    • Indonesia Pollution: Jakarta tries to...  
Let It Flood: Ciliwung Delta by Bindi Purnama bit.ly/3PKERqB

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All other research links:
Indonesia's new capital    • Indonesia’s New Capital Nusantara: A ...  
34 million urban area population demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf
Demographics, economy of Indonesia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia
Employment shift to services from agriculture bit.ly/3PQMTxZ
World's second-longest coastline bit.ly/2T66SfJ
Jakarta growth from space 1990-2019 go.nasa.gov/3An8994
Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company (Batavia)    • Capitalism and the Dutch East India C...  
Indonesian Independence 1945    • Indonesian Independence - 1945 | Movi...  
Fewer than 1 million have access to piped water bit.ly/3ct5mmy
Sinking 3 times faster than a few years earlier bit.ly/3ALgLYs
Talking trash in Jakarta    • Talking Trash in Jakarta  
$40 on Great Garuda Sea Wall (Guardian) bit.ly/3TgSocj
Indonesia's giant capital city is sinking (Nat Geo) on.natgeo.com/3pIqF6K
Why Indonesia is moving its capital (Real Life Lore)    • Why Indonesia is Moving Their Capital...  
Nusantara construction begins [video]    • MUANTEP BOS KU PROGRESS NYATA PROYEK ...  
Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to Borneo    • Indonesia passes law to relocate capi...  
Indonesia picks winning design for its new capital    • Indonesia picks winning design for it...  
Why do countries move their capital cities? econ.st/3PP9kns
Softbank’s exit from Indonesia’s new capital project bit.ly/3wweBcE
Jokowi is considering extending his term econ.st/3wrQV95
TransJakarta en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransJakarta

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Jakarta, Indonesia's MEGACITY: The World's Second Largest City

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:11 Welcome to Jakarta
2:55 'Urban planning gone horribly wrong'
3:09 History of Jakarta
3:56 Suharto comes to power
4:30 Land subsidence explained
4:56 Sinking 3x faster
5:29 Historic flooding
6:32 Raising their homes
7:15 The problems with channelization
8:34 Floodplain development
9:15 Kampungs resettlement
10:55 The rising sea
11:47 Great Garuda Sea Wall Megaproject
12:48 A New Capital: Nusantara
14:11 Questions surrounding Nusantara
15:19 A City worth saving
16:21 Piped water for all
16:58 Creating more greenspace
17:30 Building an aquatic metropolis
18:07 Floodproof homes
19:12 Tiny homes on stilts
19:44 How Kampung Tongkal was saved

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