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Over the past 25 years, the hardest-hit areas of Indonesia’s capital have subsided more than 16 feet. The city has until 2030 to figure out a solution, experts say, or it will be too late to hold back the Java Sea.
Bloomberg 6 December 2023
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-jakarta-sinking-salim/
Jakarta has a population of 10,679,951
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