TULISAN 4, Bahasa Inggris "Flooding In Jakarta"

Flooding In Jakarta

Jakarta as the Capital of the State which is the image of the State and the economic barometer, every time there should be peningakatan development. As a result of the development of spatial wrong many people who no longer care for the surrounding environment. So many people who build houses in flood plains and many are throwing garbage into the river. Not only that uncontrolled logging merupaka also cause flooding in Jakarta Every time there was a flood in Jakarta's flood phrase often heard submissions from Bogor. That accusation arises because almost all the rivers that flow into Jakarta, Bogor regency disgorge region. Watershed is derived from Ciliwung Bogor, Cakung DAS, DAS Angke, Sunter river basin, watershed and watershed Krukut Kalibaru. Flooding that occurred in Jakarta, not only because of the flow of water from Bogor which means rain flood only occurs in Bogor, in fact rain also occurred in Jakarta, coupled with the tide. Ciliwung watershed upstream is shaped like a funnel which consists of various creeks and narrow at the main dam in Katulampa Ciliwung. If the flood overflow from upstream, of the city of Bogor will flood first.

Flooding is a complex problem, which must be addressed in order to effect ditimbulkannnya not much damage and harm the surrounding community, since Jakarta is the capital of the state which is the barometer of the country's image and economy. Efforts to prevent and reduce the impact of flooding should be done immediately. Flooding that occurred in Jakarta as a result of human activities themselves who throw garbage into the river, cutting down forests and uncontrolled spatial placement is wrong. The impact of these floods also caused no prevention from the government to help prevent catastrophic flooding menlanda State capital. Factors causing the flooding was not due to natural and geographical location alone, but destructive human activities lingkunagan also one of the causes of flooding in Jakarta

Flood is a natural disaster that occurs naturally and by human activities. Now it floods often occur due to human activity are starting to ignore the natural balance of a flood event and setting of mainland flooded because of the volume of water increases. Flooding can also occur due to excessive water peluapan somewhere due to high rainfall, river water peluapan, or rupture of a river dam.

The floods that hit Jakarta usually affects the entire region will be flooded paralyzed. Disrupted telephone and Internet networks. Electricity in some areas submerged also extinguished. Causing traffic light outages and congestion occur in many locations, including in Urban Toll Road. Puddles on the road up to four feet of access also caused a number of surrounding areas was disrupted. Flooding also makes some lame railway line. Running train towards Tanah Abang Station does not work because the rail lines around the station was inundated with water overflowing Ciliwung River about 50 centimeters. Due to Floods that hit Jakarta, estimated losses could swallow up to Rp 37 trillion. The greatest impact will be experienced by citizens and industry sectors. Great flood of Jakarta in 2007 could be repeated at any time. Situation, it could happen if in the next 12 hours, there were heavy rains in Bogor, Jakarta, and the Java Sea. Rainfall in Bogor 400 millimeters per day, more than 150 millimeters in Jakarta, and 150-200 mm in the sea, feared would cripple the capital. From the results of the modeling, the rainfall in Bogor will continue to increase as the development of Jakarta. Global warming and metropolitan areas will augment the water vapor that flows from the Java Sea to Bogor.