Jakarta. The City of a Thousand Dimensions.
Singapore. NUS Press. 2023. Stock ID #214541 "A study of the forces that shaped Jakarta into the city it is today. When referring to this item please quote stockid 214541.
Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 263pp, bibliography, index. Paperback. New.
Indonesian writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma has called Jakarta a city of a thousand dimensions. A megacity of 30 million under threat from rising sea levels and temperatures, Jakarta and its resilient residents improvise and thrive. This book teases out some of the dimensions that have given shape to contemporary Jakarta, including the city's expanded flexibility in accommodating capital and labor, and the consistent lack of planning that can be understood as a result of both politics and the poetics of governing in the region." (Publisher's description).
Price: $50.00 AU