Study Campus life About us Research Alumni & giving News & opinion / / / / / News_ Will Habitat III defend the human right to the city? 28 April 2016 With over 54% of the global population living in urban areas informal settlements are burgeoning, writes Paul Jones. Share Luar Batang, one of Jakarta’s oldest waterfront squatter areas, is being flattened. Residents and their homes will be removed to free up flood-prone land and access to the city for tourists. Thousands of people will be evicted, disrupting if not destroying livelihoods, jobs, homes and long-established social networks. About one-quarter of the world’s urban residents have created communities in slums. Photo: Paul Jones. Like the illegal settlements in district, Luar Batang has received global attention for the heavy-handin
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