Jakarta, Oct. 17 -- The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) is promoting a waterfront city concept to integrate marine and land spatial planning for sustainable, productive, and highly competitive coastal development.

The ministry's Director General of Marine Spatial Planning, Kartika Listriana, noted that integrating spatial planning between land and sea aims to minimize land-use conflicts, prevent overlapping policies, and enhance investment efficiency.

"As a model for marine and land spatial planning, we will develop a planned and integrated waterfront city area. This includes Sabang, Batang, Bitung, Morotai, Marunda, Semarang, and Surabaya," she said in a statement here on Friday.

According to her, waterfront city develo...