Five strategies for adaptive governance of Jakarta’s Urban Delta: lessons from Jakarta’s Eastern Flood Canal’s evaluation
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Flood defense in Jakarta is a critical activity especially in the light of climate change that will increase the vulnerability of this low-lying metropolis. Despite the urgency for action, flood defense policy making and project implementation have been lengthy and strenuous in the past. Climate change creates urgency for action and requires adaptive infrastructures.\nJakarta is a city located in low delta area and exposed to flood attacks annually. Of the 65 000 ha area of Jakarta, about half is situated in flood prone areas. According to the current data of the Jakarta Public Works Agency, there are about 78 areas in Jakarta that are prone to flooding (www.pu.go.id). Until today, flood risk remains a threat to Jakarta and the magnitude of floods is amplifying over the last decade (e.g. flood events on 1996, 2002 and 2007). Flooding impacts widespread areas, inducing huge economic and social damages (NEDECO, 2002; Bappenas, 2007). According to prior studies (Steinberg, 2007), one factor contributing to the worsening of the floods in Jakarta is inadequate flood control infrastructures. Flood defense infrastructure programs have been on the government agenda since 1970. However, most of these policies have never been implemented due to political and public resistance.
Institutions: Delft University of Technology, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Ministry of Environment
OpenAlex ID: W2165751308