Economic Corridor in East Kalimantan: A Tragedy Among Extreme Social-Ecological Crises
Explicitly, Kalimantan will be reorganized and reshaped again by “the planners” from the extractive industries (upstream industry) to be the centre of downstream industry. Soon or later, Kalimantan will not be a home for its local people and its endemic animals. Kalimantan is not space for living anymore. But space for “the planners” to create […]
Economic Corridors in North Sumatra: The Sei Mangkei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Its Economic Corridors
The Sei Mangkei was established as special economic zone (SEZ) under Indonesian Government Regulation Number 29/2012. Surrounded by vast areas of oil palm and rubber plantations, it was designed for developing industrial clusters of downstream palm oil and rubber manufacturing factories. Without considering social-ecological crises around the project, its design mainly focuses on sustaining economic […]
Capital Expansion in Infrastructure Project Track: North Coast West Java
Infrastructure projects in West Java are manifestation of the state and market’s desire to expand new industrial zones. The old industrial zones around Bekasi, Jakarta and Karawang (west side of West Java) are now considered as too dense areas and it demands much higher production costs. Therefore, Subang, Majalengka, Cirebon, and Kuningan is becoming a […]
