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Megacities takes a revolutionary look at the places where most of us live: the modern Metropolis. Megacities focuses on the single aspect of a city's infrastructure which best informs the life and functions of that place . Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia and with a population of well-over 11 million, it’s the world’s second largest city. The official metropolitan area is known as Jabodetabek – a name formed by combining the initial syllables of Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Besaki areas. What many people do not realize is that wider Jakarta, or Jabodetabek, is sinking. While Jakarta owes its existence and growth to its waterfront location and geography – for centuries the natural harbour along North Jakarta has been an important port for Hindu, Muslim and then Dutch colonizers .

Not only is Jakarta the largest metropolitan area in Southeast Asia, it is also the most dynamic, though beset with most of the urban problems experienced in twentieth first century Southeast Asia. Jakarta has been the capital of Indonesia since the Dutch colonial era and the economic, commercial and transportation hub of the nation. The population of Jakarta in 1900 was about 115,000. After Independence, Jakarta increased by nearly three times to 1.43 million by 1950. It increased to 2.91 million in 1960 and 4.47 million in 1970. Table below shows the population of Jakarta and the inner and outer peripheries of Jakarta, from 1980 to 2010. The Megacity of Jakarta or popularly known as Jabodetabek increased from 11.91 million in 1980, 17.14 million in 1990, and 20.63 million in 2000 to 28.01 million in 2010. The megacity in 2010 was 11.79 percent of Indonesia’s total population but this population resides in less than 0.3 percent of Indonesia’s total area.

MegaCities : Jakarta
As Indonesias economic, cultural and political center, Jakarta has been the gateway to Asia for 2,000 years. In the early 1500s, the Dutch created the port city of Batavia, now North Jakarta, to transport spices to Europe. Ever since, the city has blended Asian and European influences into a fusion of traditional and modern culture. The greater metro area now contains over 23 million people, stressing the infrastructure and increasing pollution and flooding from clogged sewer pipes and waterways. But Jakarta is taking these issues on one-by-one while continuing to grow as one of Southeast Asia's shining cities. TDC and Nat Geo Style .

Jakarta’s main urban challenges – rapid scan findings

Rapid urban growth : The Megacity of Jakarta increased from 11.91 million inhabitants in 1980, 17.14 million in 1990, and 20.63 million in 2000 to 28.01 million in 2010. In 2010, wider Jakarta accounted for 11.79 percent of Indonesia’s total population, but with this population residing in less than 0.3 percent of the country’s total area.

Traffic & Congestion : Jakarta is regularly rated as having some of the world’s worst traffic and congestion. The city is estimated to lose US$3 billion a year because of traffic congestion, which is linked to the high growth rate of private vehicle ownership, inadequate road development, and sprawl. Alternative modes of public transport such as the busway is currently being developed to ease traffic. Yet people who live in the outskirts of Jakarta can save as much as 30% of their transportation costs using motorcycles to work rather than public transport.

As long as Jakarta remains the primary growth machine of the nation, the economic growth of Jakarta will be strongly associated with the pace of Indonesia’s economic growth, and will correspond to rapid urbanization in Jakarta. Indonesia will need to create more urban centers to reduce the burdens of Jakarta. In addition, rapid urbanization in Jakarta was generated by an influx of migrants from other parts of the nation.

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