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Restall, Hugo - eSocialSciences - 2008

Will history treat Suharto kindly? Certainly many of his countrymen today do not. But the pendulum of condemnation has swung too far, and Suhartoâ€™s death last week should be the impetus for a reappraisal of his legacy. While it is right for the unsavory aspects of the â€œNew...

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THE EXTENT OF SPRAWL IN THE FRINGE OF JAKARTA METROPOLITAN AREA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EXTERNALITIES

Fitriani, Rahma; Harris, Michael - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011

The Jakarta Metropolitan area has experienced urban sprawl. Existing planning processes do not appear to manage sprawl …

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Flood risk assessment for delta mega-cities: a case study of Jakarta

Budiyono, Yus; Aerts, Jeroen; Brinkman, JanJaap; Marfai, Muh - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 1, pp. 389-413

Jakarta has suffered major floods in 2002, 2007, and 2013. To cope with and adapt to both the current and future flood … Jakarta. The model is based on the Damagescanner model, adapted for Jakarta using local information on hazard, exposure, and … class and to derive vulnerability curves specific for Jakarta. We compare the resulting simulated damages to reported …

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Community responses and adaptation strategies toward flood hazard in Jakarta, Indonesia

Marfai, Muh; Sekaranom, Andung; Ward, Philip - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 2, pp. 1127-1144

Jakarta, as the capital of the Republic of Indonesia, has long been known to be at risk from flood hazard. It is … order to investigate the community responses and adaptation strategies employed in Jakarta, in-depth interviews were …

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Public Space in Urban Asia

Lim, William SW (contributor) - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Asian cities. Part One contains essays from participants from Chongqing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and …

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Community Resilience and Critical Urban Infrastructure: Where Adaptive Capacities Meet Vulnerabilities

Jamil, Sofiah; Amul, Gianna Gayle - eSocialSciences - 2014

, but also that of the city overall. An examination of the water infrastructure in Jakarta, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City …

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Tackling Urban and Rural Food Wastage in Southeast Asia: Issues and Interventions

Teng, Paul S; Trethewie, Sally - eSocialSciences - 2012

Food wastage is prevalent in Southeast Asia and has significant implications for the regionâ€™s food, environmental and economic security. It is likely that the region wastes approximately 33 per cent of food, but accurate estimates are not available due to dearth of quantitative...

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COMMENTARY ON INCOMPLETE URBANISM

LEE, ANDREW; WUI, LEONG TENG; HONG, ONG SWEE - In: Public Space in Urban Asia

The following sections are included:Liquid: Changing WorldNew Technology and the Emergence of a ‘System of Cities’Mass Urbanisation and the Rise of the ’Creative Class’Environmental Challenge and the Safeguarding of ‘Urban Futures’Shift 1: From Fixed and Closed Planning to Open and...

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GLOBAL DYNAMIC CHANGE AND POWER REBALANCE

LIM, WILLIAM S.W. - In: Public Space in Urban Asia

The following sections are included:IntroductionNew World Order and Power RebalanceNew Knowledge and SustainabilityRedefining Centre/Periphery and Global CitiesExpanding Historical Experiences of ModernitiesLand Policy, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)Conclusion

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CHANGE WE MUST

LIM, WILLIAM S.W. - In: Public Space in Urban Asia

The following sections are included:Why We Must Change: Four Critical IssuesThe Challenges Ahead

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