Why and Where Does the Capital of Indonesia Should Move?

August 30, 2017, with the support of the Faculty, together with the “warriors” from Geography UGM intend to contribute to the State by contributing ideas on the discourse of the plan to move the Capital of the Nation, which has been widely discussed in the past year. One proof of the core competency of the geography is its ability to answer the question “Where?” To all geosphere phenomena, including the question where should the location of prospective capital? At a minimum, it is hoped that the discourse discussion will be colored by a comprehensive geographic perspective. Some interesting questions to discuss are “why need to move”, “move the center of government or move the capital city”, “what indicators are the criteria for prospective capital”, and finally be able to answer where the potential location is. read more