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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
PREMIUM
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.
City 6 years ago
PREMIUM
Jakarta's 'flood control' under fire as thousands displaced
The people of Jakarta are voicing their frustrations over the city's seeming lack of capability in flood management and control, while it remains to be seen whether a new "flood management committee" will focus on the urgency of the task at hand – or sustain the administration's habit of bickering over blame.
City 6 years ago
PREMIUM
Evacuees struggle in shelters as floodwaters remain high in Tangerang district
The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency is warning that floods might still occur in Greater Jakarta in the second and third week of February despite no heavy downpours or strong winds being predicted for the capital anymore.
City 6 years ago
PREMIUM
Residents in flood-prone areas of Jakarta blame city for poor drainage system
Residents of Kebon Jeruk Baru suspected that the nearby Anak Kali Pesanggrahan water channel was clogged and was unable drain water, but the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD Jakarta) reported that the channel was functioning normally.
