1st Edition

Planning Indonesia's New Capital City Behind Nusantara

By Delik Hudalah Copyright 2025
182 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book critically analyzes the hidden political dimensions associated with the planning of Indonesia's new capital.  Planning Indonesia’s New Capital City reveals the underlying agendas behind the Indonesian government’s decisive and rapid action, under the leadership of President Jokowi, to relocate the national capital amid precarious global political and economic conditions. The central... Read more

Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction: Capital relocation; Chapter 2. Megaprojects as political legacies; Chapter 3. The history of Indonesia’s capital relocation: The rise and fall of a great idea; Chapter 4. The origins of a new capital: From zero to hero; Chapter 5. The vision of the Capital City of Nusantara: To be the first; Chapter 6. The mechanism of capital city building: Race against the dwindling time; Chapter 7. Conclusion: The future’s capital in the making; Index

Biography

Delik Hudalah is Professor of Metropolitan Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia.