#urban areas

Collection of urban areas news, found 63 news.

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

La Nina forecast to begin in September 2016

The natural phenomenon of La Nina, which usually triggers a heavy rainy season in Indonesia, is forecast to begin in ...

Papuans need to understand significance of connectivity

The government needs to hold talks with the Papuan community to make them understand that infrastructure development ...

Railways can solve Papua`s transportation problems

Railways are considered to be the most economical and efficient means to solve the transportation problems in ...

President releases 190 birds at Bogor Botanical Garden

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) released 190 birds to West Javas Bogor Botanical Garden on Sunday. Presidential ...

Poverty rate widens in Southeast. Sulawesi

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of Southeast of Sulawesi said the number of people living below the poverty ...

28.28 million Indonesians live in poverty

More than 28.28 million Indonesian people live in poverty as of March 2014 compared to 28.17 million in the same ...

Rail+Metro China 2014, the 9th International Rail & Metro China Expo will be held in Shanghai New International Expo Center on June 17-19, 2014

- Since its debut in 2002, Rail+Metro China has become the leading trade show in rail and urban mass transit industry ...

Indigenous Australian art exhibition opens in Bandung

An exhibition of Indigenous Australian visual art opened Thursday evening at the Galeri Soemardja at Bandung Institute ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

VP reminds regional administrations to provide clean water for public

Vice President Boediono has reminded district and city administrations to provide clean water as basic necessity for ...

Flooding kills hundreds of people in Indonesia in 2012

The Indonesian environmentalist organization (Walhi) expressed concern with the many people falling victims to ...

Syria envoy lashes Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia

Syria`s UN envoy on Thursday demanded that Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Western nations not undermine Kofi Annan`s ...

Poisonous Insects Still Spreading Horror In Java

The outbreak of poisonous rove beetles in East Java, which have infected around 560 people in 12 districts, has ...

Ri govt must redefine fuel oil subsidy criteria

The government should redefine the criteria for the granting of subsidies, especially that for fuel oil, a legislator ...