Surviving in an Asian Megacity

With a population of over 10 million, Indonesia's capital Jakarta is one of Asia's mega-cities. Like similar cities, there is increasing tension between an expanding elite population and a growing urban poor. The mayor of Jakarta has a solution to this problem - evict the urban poor. This video looks at life in three poor communities in Jakarta, highlighting their strategies for survival in very uncertain times.

Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. oceanianewsreal. (2006, November 25). Surviving in an Asian Megacity. Retrieved September 03, 2010, from EngageMedia Web site: http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/oceanianewsreal/videos/asian-megacity.mpg. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License