The ‘Wickedness’ of Governing Land Subsidence: Policy Perspectives From Urban Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Siriwardane-de Zoysa, Rapti, Schöne, Tilo, Herbeck, Johannes, Illigner, Julia, Haghighi, Mahmud, Simarmata, Hendricus, Porio, Emma E, Rovere, Alessio, Hornidge, Anna-Katharina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Anthropology; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/99; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1098&context=sa-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Drawing on Jakarta, Metro Manila and Singapore as case studies, we explore the paradox of slow political action in addressing subsiding land, particularly along high-density urban coastlines with empirical insights from coastal geography, geodesy analysis, geology, and urban planning. In framing lan...