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The project was continued through the Jakarta Emergency Dredging Initiative (JEDI) [10] of the government of Jakarta with the ministry of general work at the end of 2013 until 2014, [11] with the support of the building project to straighten the flow of Pesanggrahan river around ITC Cipulir, [12] and the building of dams in South Jakarta to ...
Map of rivers of Jakarta (2012) The Special Capital Region of Jakarta, located on the north coast of western Java, has thirteen major rivers. The region contains 664 square kilometres (256 sq mi) of land and 6,977 square kilometres (2,694 sq mi) of water. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Grogol River (Kali Grogol) is a small river in the western part of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia. [1] [2] The lower portions of the original river have been channelized with levees built along its banks, [3] [4] but flooding remains a real concern.
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities in Indonesian waters have caused huge losses for Indonesia. Overfishing, overcapacity, threats to the preservation of fish resources, unfavorable fishery business climate, the weakening of the competitiveness of firms and the marginalization of fishermen are the real impact of illegal fishing and destructive fishing activities.
To understand the context of water privatisation in Jakarta, it is useful to know the water use pattern of residents, in particular of the poor, the particular financial mechanism of the concessions in Jakarta, the various types of water resources on which the city relies, and about other water-related challenges that are not directly related to privatisation such as floods, groundwater ...
The Angke River (Indonesian: Kali Angke or Sungai Angke, Chinese: 紅溪; pinyin: Hóng xī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Âng-khe) is a 91.25-kilometre (56.70 mi) long river in Jakarta, Indonesia. The river flows from the Bogor area of West Java, [2] passing through the cities of Tangerang and Jakarta into the Java Sea [3] via the Cengkareng Drain. [4]
Floods have hit Jakarta several times in the past, including in 1621, 1654, 1918, 1942, 1976, 1996, 2002, 2007, 2013 and 2015. A significant contributing factor is that a substantial part of Jakarta is low-lying; some 24,000 ha (240 km 2) of the main part of Jakarta are below sea level. [6]
Ci Liwung ("K. Ciliwung "), bottom center in the map of rivers and canals of Jakarta (2012)The Ciliwung (often written as Ci Liwung as the "ci" prefix simply translates as "river"; also as Tjiliwoeng in Dutch, Sundanese: ᮎᮤᮜᮤᮝᮥᮀ) is a 119 km long river in the northwestern region of Java where it flows through two provinces, West Java and the special region of Jakarta.