Photos by joshirwandi | Jakarta is one of the world’s fastest sinking cities, with estimated land subsidence reaching up to 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) each year. But flooding and land subsidence affect no one more immediately than the residents of North Jakarta. To mitigate the problem, the government of Jakarta has been developing the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) plan, also known as the Giant Sea Wall project, since 2014. The walls will take the shape of the garuda–Indonesia’s national bird—and are predicted to cost as much as 40 billion U.S. dollars. The first 8-mile phase of the proposed 29 miles has been done. Photo 1: Seawalls in Cilincing, a fishing village in North Jakarta, where the Rawa Malang River flows into Jakarta Bay. The area floods constantly during the rainy season. Photo 2: Fishermen carry fish in crates in the port of Muara Angke, North Jakarta, one of the most rapidly subsiding and frequently flooded parts of the city. Fishers here worr...