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Opinion 6 years ago
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Indonesia’s smart cities: Investing for the long haul
Delivering public service is indeed one part of smart city development, yet there is a broader part of development that needs more focus, especially from the government. Smart city is essentially the revelation of smarter decision-making based on abundant data by leveraging technology. So, technology is the tool and not the end goal.
City 6 years ago
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Timber!: Jakarta sacrifices trees for urban development
In 2014, hundreds of trees in North Jakarta were cut down to make space for the Tanjung Priok-Pluit toll road, while in 2017, around 1,500 trees along the Sisingamangaraja, Sudirman and Thamrin roads also had to be chopped down to make way for the mega MRT Jakarta project.
Opinion 6 years ago
Too dense: An excuse for Jakarta's inaction!
Ironically, an estimated 60 percent of Jakarta's civil servants are unable to afford to live in the city they serve. They cannot even vote for the governor for which they work. They are pushed, as with countless others, by market forces to live on the fringes: Bogor, Depok and Bekasi in West Java and Tangerang in Banten. This results in a disastrous urban sprawl that gobbles up otherwise productive agricultural land and energy-draining commutes.
Opinion 6 years ago
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Pedestrians, vendors: Unite for more, wider sidewalks!
When I reflect on how to make a good city, the contestation between street vendors and pedestrians is puzzling. Instead of fighting, they should be forming a coalition, because pedestrians and street vendors have a common goal.
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