Lines of Resilience and Interdependence in Kampung Melayu, Jakarta

A growing megacity of 10 million, which stands at the core of an urban region of 28million, and the capital of the world’s largest archipelago nation, Jakarta, Indonesia,also marks the confluence point of thirteen rivers that flow from Java’s volcanoesinto the Java Sea. (“Jakarta Population 2013.”) As its government, residents,and rivers vie for ownership of the ground—which here is equal to establishingan individual’s ‘right to live in the city’—new migrants seeking to get a footholdin Jakarta must cope with varying legalities of tenure status. (Leaf 1992) Living in thecity’s margins, they face extreme conditions such flooding and rising sea levels, oftenwith little or no municipal services or infrastructure.

Volume Editors
Robert Corser & Sharon Haar

ISBN
978-1-944214-03-6