Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta is currently Indonesia's capital city. It is also known as the fastest sinking city in the world. "In the past ten years alone, it’s estimated that parts of the city have sunk by more than 20 centimetres, due in large part to the excessive groundwater extraction that supplies between 65 and 90 per cent of the population’s household water, as well as factories and businesses."
Sinking cities. (2024). Geographical (Geographical Magazine Ltd.), 96(7), 12–13.
The groundwater extraction is a example of anthropogenic impact, impact caused by human activity, on the environment.
What is being done?
This image shows 3 proposed layouts for different sea walls to help the city combat rising sea waters.
Permanasari, E. (2019). Reading Political Insinuation in Urban Forms: Saving the Sinking Jakarta through Giant Sea Wall Project. Geographia Technica, 14, 56–65. https://doi.org/10.21163/GT_2019.141.19
In the event the city's plans of building sea walls does not work, there has been talk of possibly relocating the country's capital to somewhere more inland and less prone to natural disasters.
Sounds familiar?
Another city going through a similar situation is Miami, Florida. Miami has had some of the same ideas, such as building sea walls to combat the rising waters. So many other coastal cities around the globe are experiencing the same issues. As sea levels continue to rise due to climate change, millions of people and animals are being displaced from what they call their homes. It is possible for us to at least slow the rate at which the sea is rising if we cut down on activities that are causing the globe to heat up at a rapid rate.
Jakarta, Indonesia
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Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Jakarta is currently Indonesia's capital city. It is also known as the fastest sinking city in the world. "In the past ten years alone, it’s estimated that parts of the city have sunk by more than 20 centimetres, due in large part to the excessive groundwater extraction that supplies between 65 and 90 per cent of the population’s household water, as well as factories and businesses."
Sinking cities. (2024). Geographical (Geographical Magazine Ltd.), 96(7), 12–13.
The groundwater extraction is a example of anthropogenic impact, impact caused by human activity, on the environment.
What is being done?
This image shows 3 proposed layouts for different sea walls to help the city combat rising sea waters.
Permanasari, E. (2019). Reading Political Insinuation in Urban Forms: Saving the Sinking Jakarta through Giant Sea Wall Project. Geographia Technica, 14, 56–65. https://doi.org/10.21163/GT_2019.141.19
In the event the city's plans of building sea walls does not work, there has been talk of possibly relocating the country's capital to somewhere more inland and less prone to natural disasters.
Sounds familiar?
Another city going through a similar situation is Miami, Florida. Miami has had some of the same ideas, such as building sea walls to combat the rising waters. So many other coastal cities around the globe are experiencing the same issues. As sea levels continue to rise due to climate change, millions of people and animals are being displaced from what they call their homes. It is possible for us to at least slow the rate at which the sea is rising if we cut down on activities that are causing the globe to heat up at a rapid rate.