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Building pollution
Jakarta City authorities recent failure to meet the minimum standards for clean and green cities...
Read more...Indoor Climate Solution: Towards A Healthier Future
Jakarta April Today Holcim introduced another innovative approach to help creating a healthier living condition...
Read more...Links
- Linkedin in Megacity Jakarta Group
- Bapeda (Regional Body for Planning and Development)
- DKI Jakarta Province
- Dinas Tata Kota (Spatial Planning Department)
- Holcim Indonesia
- IFC (International Finance Corporation)
- ITB (Institute of Technology Bandung)
- Ministry of Housing
- Ministry of Public Work
- Ministry of Transportation
- REI (Real Estate Indonesia)
- State Ministry of Environment
- Swisscontact
The law says move or else…
The House of Representatives recently announced plans to amend a 1992 housing law that could punish squatters with a year in prison for refusing to relocate.
Read moreJakarta's next year budget
Nearly 40% of Jakarta’s $3.1-billion budget for 2011 will be put toward basic-needs, such as new public housing and rehabilitation of slum areas, officials said November 8 when releasing next year’s budget figures.
Read moreGreening Jakarta
The Jakarta city government says it plans to tear down 32 gas stations in so-called green-belt areas and buy up land in around a third of the city’s 2,500 neighborhoods so it can set aside small pockets for parks.
Read moreWomen building better housing
To tackle the lack of affordable housing, three Jakarta-based women have established a nonprofit organization called Women Build for Women (WBFW), which aims to make the lives of financially disadvantaged Indonesian women a little easier.
Read moreLand market control needed
Land prices in Jakarta have increased by more than three times people’s average incomes. If urban land and housing continued to compete with businesses for building concessions, most Jakarta residents would be forced outside the city, increasing the number of commuters into the central business district each day.
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