Detail Save Our Cities; Asia and Its Floods   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8776 (Mar. 2012), page 24-25. Topik: Rainy Season; Flood; Weather Conditions; Waterways Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.70 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel It is the peak of the rainy season in Indonesia: good for farmers, but not so welcome for the 9m or so citizens of Jakarta. They hope to dodge the "five-year curse". In 2007 flooding inundated nearly three-fifths of the capital, killing 52 people, displacing some 450,000 more and costing nearly $1 billion. Five years before that floodwaters killed about 60 residents and forced 365,000 from their homes. Belatedly, the city government has agreed on a plan to dredge ten of Jakarta's 13 rivers and one of its old canals. Four giant reservoirs are also to be dredged, in order to restore their full holding capacities. The capital lies in a low, flat basin less than ten metres above the nearby Java Sea. It is naturally prone to flooding, yet its waterways have not been properly cleared for decades. Silt has accumulated, and a fifth of the city's daily waste gets tossed into rivers and canals. Had the city cared better for its waterways over the years, experts claim, the amount of flooding would have been cut by more than half. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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