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A “Giant Bowl”

That Is Prone to Disasters

Besides flooding, the city of Jakarta also prone to have earthquake,
landslide, epidemic and residential fire.

akarta is under big threat of disasters for its
geographic, geological and demographic
Jstatus. Refers to its geomorphology status,
Jakarta is a lowland located in the center of a
giant bowl called Jakarta Bay. Almost 40% of
the city area is lowland with an average altitude
below the sea level. Moreover, there are 13 rivers
passing through the city and flows to the bay
that makes Jakarta more vulnerabel to natural
disasters, especially flooding.

But flooding is not the only risk for Jakarta.
According to Disaster Mitigation Plan in Jakarta
(2017), there are nine potential risks of disaster
that the city has, including floodings, extreme
weather, extreme waves, earthquakes and
landslides.

Jakarta is also at risk of unnatural and social
disasters, like social conflicts, technology
failures, building and residential fires, epidemic
and outbreaks. It was recorded that Jakarta
once had malaria, dysentry and cholera
outbreak in 1732—when the city was still called
Batavia.

Up until now, endemic disease like dengue fever
is yet a serious threat for people of Jakarta. In
fact, the authorities had many times declared
the status for the disease as Extraordinary
Occurrence (KLB). Today, the city has been
Evacuation fighting for COVID-19 outbreak.
proceess for
flood victims
in Jakarta. Study of Economy and Environtment Program for
Southeast Asia (EEP-SEA) revealed that Jakarta
Credit: became an area most prone to climate change
Dharma W. effect. The impact of climate change causes

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