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The Future of Jakarta

(M, Lin Mei, 2018)

The capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, is sinking at an alarming rate and will soon be completely submerged if things don't change soon. This isn't just due to the rising sea level, the residences of Jakarta are using too much groundwater which causes the ground which is supporting the city to collapse and sink. The more water that is extracted from the ground, the more Jakarta sinks. 
(BBC News, 2018)
This is almost irreplaceable damage which can make existing problems worse, such as flooding. This city is prone to flooding even more so now than ever before. This is because on the way the landscape is left after all the water has been drawn out from underneath it. The image (right) makes this more clear to understand. The flood water is unable to to drain back into the sea because of the un even ground which holds the city. 
Not enough people know about the problems surrounding this city, Jakarta is home to over 9.6 million residences but that may have to change in the near future. "North Jakarta has sunk 2.5m in 10 years and is continuing to sink by as much as 25cm a year in some parts, which is more than double the global average for coastal megacities." (Mei Lin, M 2018). The issue isn't slowing down and it certainly isn't going to solve itself. They say ignorance is bliss, this is why I am creating my website, I want to spread awareness and visualise data in a way that is shocking yet comprehensible to any audience. 


Google.co.uk. (2018). City population-Google Public Data Explorer. [online] Available at: https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=z5567oe244g0ot_&met_y=population&hl=en&dl=en#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=population&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=area&idim=city_proper:022230&ifdim=area&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false [Accessed 8 Nov. 2018].

Mei Lin, M. and Hidayat, R. (2018). Jakarta, the fastest-sinking city in the world. BBC News. [online] Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44636934 [Accessed 22/10/18].

Why Indonesia's capital Jakarta is sinking - BBC News. (2018). [video] Directed by BBC. News. Youtube. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3UomZkVgAo [Accessed 23/10/19]


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