PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS TO URBANISATION IN THE LEDW - THE BROWN AGENDA

Jakarta in Indonesia is one of the largest cities in the world but its rapid growth over the past 40 years has resulted in major problems ranking it as the world's third most polluted city. The pace of urbanisation has been blamed but are the causes more fundamental and have applications accross the LEDW.

Use the following links to investigate the BROWN AGENDA and the solutions being taken to address these issues in Jakarta. Look at your textbook pp138 for an explanation of brown agenda.

TASK
Produce a table of problems and solutions in Jakarta






Watch the following video to give you an overview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB3XnUGsOwU


http://indonesiaurbanstudies.blogspot.com/2007/03/urbanization-and-suburbanization-in.html


Some solutions are discussed here to Jakartas problems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzNazYEerNE


TASK 2
Look at the following news report and links. Use this to add up to date details to your case study ob Manila.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8277905.stm