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KN. Dr. Mia Amalia of the Nusantara Capital Authority provided a real-time update from the IKN command center. She confirmed that Nusantara is being built as a “Sponge City,” where water bodies are not decorative but functional climate buffers.
Over 70% of the area is dedicated green space, with 65% as protective forest. The layout ensures essential services and nature are reachable within 10 minutes by foot or bike.
Amalia noted that following the government core, development is now expanding into western and southern zones, focusing on solar farms and intelligent transport systems.
The panel concluded that while Jakarta requires massive, “hard” engineering interventions to survive its sinking geography, Nusantara offers a blank canvas to prove that 21st-century urbanization can be harmonious with nature. The goal, as Dr. Amalia put it, is to move beyond a “livable” city to a “lovable” one—a world-class growth center that respects its environmental capacity.
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