Slow Growing Green Open Space
City administrations are having difficulties meeting the green open space requirement of 30 percent of overall city area. Jakarta sets an annual growth of 23 hectares of open space, far below the ideal amount of 650 hectares.
Dody Hidayat
February 24, 2020
BEHIND the fence, workers in the National Monument (Monas) revitalization project were busy checking the hardness of the concrete covering the grounds at the southern side of Medan Merdeka Park, on Thursday, February 20. The concrete-covered court, wider than two soccer fields combined, is to serve as a plaza for ceremonies and a water pool in the future. Three months ago it was the largest city park in Jakarta, where grass, bushes, and shrubs gr
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