In the bustling northern outskirts of Jakarta, homes that once stood tall are now almost knee-deep in the earth. Over the ...

Dozens of coastal regions around the world, including Jakarta, Lagos and Tianjin are sinking at an alarming rate.

By bno - Jakarta bureau When I think of Jakarta, I picture gleaming skyscrapers, packed shopping centres and traffic that ...

Groundwater loss is sinking U.S. cities, threatening infrastructure in densely built areas. A recent study examining the 28 ...

Jakarta — the fastest-sinking city in the world — has finally taken action on its core land subsidence problem when groundwater free zones for highrise buildings will start to be established ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The pressing issues of climate change have led to some of the world’s major distressing occurrences in recent years, with sinking lands and sea levels rising being particular ...

Our neighbour Indonesia has not been spared with its capital Jakarta now under threat of being submerged after it began sinking over the past few decades. Often, such a phenomenon is attributed to ...

Jakarta, a megacity built on a delta, is sinking rapidly and floods often. Jakarta — Apart from the narrow, unpaved road, the two-meter-high concrete coastal wall is the only thing that ...

Rendering of future 150-metre tall presidential palace at the heart of Nusantara (Photo: AFP) Ambitious plans are in place to relocate an entire sinking city 1,200 miles away to a large island ...

Researchers like Heri Andreas and Hiroshi Takagi doubt that the giant embankment is the ultimate solution to Jakarta's sinking threat. "Yes, in the short term, it’s non-negotiable that the embankment ...

Indonesia is reviving plans to construct a giant sea wall in the latest of measures to prevent its capital city of Jakarta from sinking at a faster rate. The project will require three phases of ...