When the Indonesian government designed the Capital City of the Archipelago (IKN), they were inspired to make it a sponge city.
After conducting research, they found that much of the knowledge and evidence related to this concept came from Australia.
Therefore, an Indonesian government delegation visited Monash University to discuss with the professor.
Malaysian Professor Tony Wong, who teaches at Monash University in Australia, explains his background in developing the concept of water-sensitive city.
Monash team and the training participants are doing the field mentoring at Embung C, one of the case study sites for the Water Sensitive Cities training Credit: Dok. Humas Otorita IKN
The concept attracted global attention, including Singapore which has successfully adopted it, as well as China which implemented a similar concept under the name Sponge City.
The training participants, ADB team and Monash team take pictures together after mentoring at Joint Office Ministry of Public Works and NCA, Nusantara, Credit: Dok. Humas Otorita IKN
The aim is to equip the future leaders of IKN with the knowledge and skills necessary for them to build and manage a sustainable sponge city, in line with the Indonesian government's ambitions.
