• Jakarta: Indonesia's capital sinking by up to 15cm a year, new research shows
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12109856 It's one of the most densely populated cities in the world and home to more than 10 million people, but one of Asia's biggest cities could be virtually wiped off the map in 30 years. That's because Jakarta — Indonesia's sprawling capital — is one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world, meaning large swathes of it could almost be entirely submerged by 2050. It's a grim new prediction from experts at Bandung Institute of Technology (BIT), who say about 95 per cent of North Jakarta will be underwater in the next 32 years — forcing its 1.8 million residents to flee their homes. The megacity sits on a swampy plain that has sunk more than 4m over the past three decades and it is so low that seven of the city's sewage-choked rivers actually have to flow uphill to reach Jakarta Bay. It is now so bad that the BIT estimates the city is sinking by an average of 1-15cm a year and almost half the city now sits below sea level.
I wonder if building sea walls would be any help in this case. Wouldn't water just seep through water table if the ground sinks enough? Isn't the ground dangerously soft for large developments if the entire area is sinking?
Dejavu. This was already well known wasn't it?
They need some Dutch engineering.
Better call the Dutch back to Indonesia
clearly we never should have left /s
when i was a kid my grandma was worried i'd sink in a 10cm deep bath im sure she's having a panic attack at the thought of Jakarta in a bath
He's right though, Indonesia without being controlled by the Dutch has done nothing but invade and conquer around itself and oppress the native population's religion and political freedom, just look at Guinea or Timor or Borneo. Just be thankful they're incompetent.
Imperialism is only barbaric when the Imperialist themselves are barbaric. Otherwise, it's just diplomatic dick-waving.
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