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S5 E5: Jakarta, the Sinking Capital
Scene on Radio: Capitalism
Indonesia's Former Colonizer and Its Famous Talent for Building Infrastructure to Control Flooding
Rising waters around Jakarta and I understand the city is also sinking at the same time, mostly because of heavy groundwater use. The Netherlands literally means low-lying country; much of it was below sea level even before man-made climate change started to kick in. Dutch engineers have become some of the best in the world at building dikes and spillways, storm surge barriers. In 2014, the Indonesia government started a massive project to protect Jakarta from the rising sea - called Great Sea Wall Jakarta.
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