Running head: JAKARTA AS THE KING OF FLOOD

Jakarta as The King of Flood

Sony Surya Wijaya
Sampoerna University

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Jakarta as the King of Flood
Most of tropical country always suffer from flood in rainy season. That horrible
disaster can happen with only some hours of heavy rain. The flood is worse if the water from
rain couldnt flow through the waterways. Usually that condition happen in a big cities like
Jakarta where garbage are everywhere and building constructed carelessly. Those condition
make Jakarta become the King of Flood. This essay will analyze the cause for this and
analyze the effects of it.
There are many causes why Jakarta always suffering from flood and became the King
of flood. The first cause is Jakarta has poor urban planning. We can look at the rapid
development in the city. Many tall building constructed in every area in Jakarta, as long as
there is an empty land the building will be constructed. The poor city planning of Jakarta
could lead the next causes why Jakarta always suffering from flood. The next causes is
Jakarta has really bad and small drainage. Rifig, Head of Water Resource Maintenance
Affairs of DKI Jakarta said that flood in Jakarta usually happen because of the small capacity
of drainage. The drainage could not cover water from land area in Jakarta (Garbage Worsens
Jakartas Drainage, 2012). An urban planning expert, Yayat Supriatna also said that there was
no improvement in drainage system since the Dutch colonial era (Indonesian capital Jakarta
hit by deadly flooding, 2013). The situation is getting worse when in the drainage is blocked
by garbage. Many garbage are dumped into the river by the citizen. This problem caused by
poor waste management and lack of peoples awareness about environmental cleanliness.
From all of those reason, the main problem is water could not flow through the
waterways. Rapid development of city building make the government has difficulties in
building proper waterways or canal to reduce the water that trapped in land. Few and small
waterways make the water from rain trapped in land. The situation is getting worse because

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water in the waterways is blocked by garbage. Thats why only few hours of rain Jakarta can
be flooded.
In conclusion, the main reason of flood in Jakarta is because the water cant flow to
the right place. The terrible condition of Jakarta flood make it become the King of Flood in
Indonesia. Government should make a good regulation of city development and build good
drainage system. Besides that, Jakarta people should have awareness in environment
cleanliness.

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References
Garbage Worsens Jakartas Drainage. (2012, December 19). Retrieved March 1, 2015, from
Indonesia Infranstructure Initiative: http://www.indii.co.id/news_daily_detail.php?
id=5435
Indonesian capital Jakarta hit by deadly flooding. (2013, January 17). Retrieved from BBC
News Asia: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21054769