Depok, West Java, has seen its green spaces shrink over the past years due to the city’s rapid development. The administration recorded 3,732 hectares of designated green space, or 18.63 percent of the city’s total 20,029 ha of land. The number is far below the 30 percent, or 6,008 ha, of green space required by the 2007 Spatial Planning Law, according to Alfred Sitorus from non-profit organization the RTH Movement (Green Spaces Movement). “The lack of green space in Depok is a result of the massive amount of housing construction and other development. Developers are actually obligated to provide green spaces in parts of their plots. But are the developers providing the green space as required?” he asked during a discussion held in Depok on Monday.  According to the West Java official website jabarprov.go.id, Depok recorded 50 percent, or 10,...