• flood management Indonesia
• Jakarta flooding
• Jakarta sinking
• public trust crisis
• tax accountability
• urban governance failure

Jakarta Is Sinking: Flooding and the Erosion of Public Trust

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  The Petalogue / 3 weeks
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Jakarta is sinking, and the tragedy lies not only in the floodwaters that regularly submerge its streets, but also in the steady erosion of public trust that follows every rainy season. Flooding is often explained as a natural disaster—an unavoidable consequence of heavy rainfall and extreme weather. Yet for millions of residents who have lived […]