Emil Dardak: Jakarta Must Provide Residential Residential So That The Economy Continues To Grow

President of the Eastern Regional Organization for Planning and Human Settlements (Earoph) International Emil Dardak gave information to the media in Jakarta, Monday (3/6/2024). BETWEEN/Khaerul Izan

JAKARTA - President of the Eastern Regional Organization for Planning and Human Settlements (Earoph) International Emil Dardak said that after not holding the capital city, Jakarta must continue to provide housing in the city center so that the economy continues to rotate.

"There must also be housing in Jakarta. Don't let Jakarta just be the city center," said Emil Dardak when speaking at the Urban Dialogue event with the theme Jakarta Towards a Global City: Challenges and Solutions in Jakarta reported by ANTARA, Monday, June 3.

According to him, when the center of Jakarta has no occupancy, the economy will also be disrupted, because in the evening it will become an empty city.

For this reason, said Emil Dardak, in order to keep Jakarta as a city that is the destination after moving the capital city to East Kalimantan, one of which must be guarded by providing housing in the middle of a cheap city.

He explained that there are four points to keep Jakarta as a Megapolitan, according to the results of the empirical study, namely the first point in how Jakarta must revitalize its function, not just for shopping and offices.

"How then there is an attraction in Jakarta to maintain its relevance, especially after IKN, this is empirical as a result of the study," he said.

Then said Emil Dardak, the second is how to maintain accessibility in the city of Jakarta so that it remains good.

Currently, Emil said, the road ratio in Jakarta is indeed far below other major cities in the world, for that it does not only mean building a solution, but what about urban planning, public transportation, there must be a bigger vision.

In addition, Emil continued, Jakarta must also maintain ties with surrounding areas such as Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi, and so on, especially in economic problems.

"Don't even compete with each other. But you have to fill each other in," he said.

Emil said the fourth is to maintain the function of Jakarta as a inhabited city but not just luxury ones, something must be affordable.

"So there are flats that are cheap in the middle of the city so that the economy in the middle of the city can live and be more efficient," he said.