1. Indonesia Development Boom Ignores Community Voices

    Feature by Paulista Surjadi
    August 2015

    Indonesian cities are being developed at a rapid pace, yet the communities most affected by the shopping malls, resorts and commercial building that are sprouting are having little say in how their environment should be shaped. There is growing alarm of the environmental and social consequences of development that is exclusive of communities, leaving investors as the sole winner, undermining the promise of benefits for the local communities.

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  2. Participatory Urban Planning Takes Hold in Mongolia

    Feature by Jeremy Gross
    August 4th, 2015

    If you hear Mongolian on the streets of Solo these days, you might wonder what it is exactly that’s bringing these visitors to the central Indonesian city. It’s not the world-famous textile batik, but something far more surprising: technical knowledge.

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  3. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink

    Feature by Paulista Surjadi
    January 20th, 2015

    Indonesia is the world’s biggest archipelago with an abundance of rivers, lakes and springs, yet getting clean water to all 250 million people in the country is an enormous challenge.

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  4. Indonesian parliament backs new leaders building better cities

    Feature by Ahmad Rifai
    January 20th, 2015

    Indonesia’s parliament has voted unanimously to let the people elect their own local leaders after months of political maneuvering that had threatened to quell a new wave of participatory governance, but observers are cautious that undemocratic changes may yet be made to the electoral system.

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