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City 5 years ago
Governor Anies wants flash floods in Jakarta to subside within six hours
As the rainy season has hit Indonesia, and with it the possibility of daily rainfall above 100 millimeters, the Jakarta administration is scrambling to ensure that flooding in the capital city subsides within six hours and does not cause any casualties.
City 6 years ago
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Adaptation of local wisdom key to flood control in Jakarta, say experts
Amid the never-ending debate about whether river "normalization" or "naturalization" projects are better, some experts have urged policymakers to shift from such a conventional approach focusing on hard infrastructure to flood adaptation.
Opinion 6 years ago
Jakarta flood management requires paradigm shift from 'control' to 'adaptation'
Jakarta needs to ditch the increasingly obsolete, conventional approach of flood control and switch to flood adaptation in managing flooding, which has been a geographical feature of the capital since Dutch times.
City 6 years ago
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Anies unimpressed as City Council sets up special committee on flood mitigation
The city councilors claimed the formation of the special committee was not intended as a rebuke to Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan regarding his handling of the recent floods but rather was aimed at helping the governor find better solutions.
