Jembatan Besi

Question 1

Jakarta is the capital of:

Answer 1

Indonesia

Question 2

The population is:

Answer 2

256 million

Question 3

How many people live in the capitol?

Answer 3

10 million

Question 4

How many of Jakarta’s inhabitants live in slum settlements?

Answer 4

just over a quarter

Question 5

What is the Jembartan Besi?

Answer 5

a slum

Question 6

How far is it from the city centre?

Answer 6

4km

Question 7

Over how many years has it organically developed?

Answer 7

40

Question 8

The __________ is next to Jembatan Besi

Answer 8

Ciliwung River

Question 9

What is the population?

Answer 9

4000

Question 10

Why do people live in the slums?

Answer 10

Demand for affordable housing exceeds the supply

Question 11

What is the average income of the residents?

Answer 11

US$4/day

Question 12

What labour are the residents able to provide?

Answer 12

Unskilled and casual labour

Question 13

What occupation is common?

Answer 13

Selling food or second-hand goods

Question 14

What is the largest industry?

Answer 14

Garment industry

Question 15

Why is health a concern?

Answer 15

Sanitation hardly exists

Question 16

What water is available?

Answer 16

No clean running water and groundwater supplies are available but are polluted because Jembatan is built on a former waste tip

Question 17

What epidemics are common?

Answer 17

Water-bourne diseases such as cholera and typhoid

Question 18

The tropical hot and humid climate means ______ is an issue?

Answer 18

Malaria and hepatitis A

Question 19

What are the young and elderly at risk from?

Answer 19

dehydration due to diarrhoea caused by poor hygiene

Question 20

What poses a high health risk to residents?

Answer 20

High levels of pollution as there is a high use of kerosene for cooking as well as high levels of emissions drifting over the city

Question 21

What is the main diet?

Answer 21

Mainly rice with little fresh protein or fruit and vegetables

Question 22

How well equipped are the schools?

Answer 22

Poorly

Question 23

Why cant some families allow their children to complete their education?

Answer 23

The children are needed to earn money for the family

Question 24

Who does the garment industry mainly employ?

Answer 24

females

Question 25

What are the homes made of?

Answer 25

well built ground floor using timer and brick

Question 26

What do the residents use to make their houses?

Answer 26

any materials they can find, scrap wood and metal are common

Question 27

What is a constant risk?

Answer 27

Fire

Question 28

Why is fire such a high risk?

Answer 28

Due to overcrowding, use of kerosene, improvised nature of electrical wiring

Question 29

What is the lighting?

Answer 29

Neon tubes and bare light bulbs

Question 30

Why is the lighting so bad?

Answer 30

The narrow alleys and tall buildings mean the houses have virtually no direct sunlight

Question 31

What has the Jakarta Housing and Administrative Buildings Agency identified?

Answer 31

392 ‘community units’ that are slum areas planned for improvements

Question 32

What has slum clearance resulted in?

Answer 32

People relocating to other slum areas and making the situation worse there

Question 33

What are the Ciliwung River slums notorious for?

Answer 33

Very poor living conditions and overcrowding

Question 34

What are the inhabitants like?

Answer 34

Incredibly resilient and make ends meet and look to build a better future for themselves and their children