Jakarta,
Indonesian capital
Many
big cities which
have
roles as business centers, historical tourist destinations and
capitals faced what we call as “sinking cities.”
The
cities are spreading from industry to developing countries, they are:
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capitals (Jakarta – Indonesia, Lagos – Nigeria, Washington –
USA, and Beijing - China)
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historical city (Venice – Italy)
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business centers (Houston – Texas, Long Beach – California).
The
sinking rate is astonishing, from 0.4 inches (1 cm) to 10
inches (25
cm) per year.
Jakarta
have been sinking for 4 meter (12 feet) since 1970. The rate of
sinking could reach at speed of 10 inches (25 cm) per year on some
parts of city. The highest in the world.
The
sinking leads to damages of sewage and drain systems, thus,
vulnerable to flood. Then, flooding is endemic in every even drizzle
(small rains).
The
questions then:
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what caused sinking?
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how to prevent sinking further?
Long
Beach, California
The
main factor to cause sinking is over using of groundwater. Include
exploiting of oil and gas in close by regions in several cities.
There
are several ways to stop subsidence:
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Limit or stop groundwater exploiting
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Injecting water into deep underground
Venice,
Italy
Tokyo,
Japan formulated the law to halt the sinking by limiting to pump
groundwater. This effort was success story where the sinking rate of
9 inches (24 cm) per year reduced to 0.4 inches (1 cm)
per year.
Injecting
technique has been done by Long Beach, California. After sinking by
30 feet (10 m) for
decades,
injecting has stabilized the surface dropping.
In
addition, surface elevation up to 30 cm was seen in several areas of
Long Beach.
Finally,
combinations of program to groundwater reducing and injecting have
been success
to halt further sinking in Venice, Italy.
This's too difficult to be understood why cities are sinking.
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Many big cities which have roles as business centers, historical tourist destinations and capitals faced what we call as “sinking cities.”
The water level is rising year by year and will get worse if we are not aware of global warming.
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The cities are spreading from industry to developing countries, they are:
- capitals (Jakarta – Indonesia, Lagos – Nigeria, Washington – USA, and Beijing - China)
- historical city (Venice – Italy)
- business centers (Houston – Texas, Long Beach – California).
That's mean we are really in danger !!!
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The sinking rate is astonishing, from 0.4 inches (1 cm) to 10 inches (25 cm) per year.
Thanks for sharing interesting post.
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Jakarta have been sinking for 4 meter (12 feet) since 1970. The rate of sinking could reach at speed of 10 inches (25 cm) per year on some parts of city. The highest in the world.
It's scary to think of so many cities sinking. Wow. Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)
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Very interesting blogpost, thank you!
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The sinking leads to damages of sewage and drain systems, thus, vulnerable to flood. Then, flooding is endemic in every even drizzle (small rains).
CLIMATE CHAOS.......................
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The questions then:
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Interesting I didn't know all these cities were sinking, scary.
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The main factor to cause sinking is over using of groundwater. Include exploiting of oil and gas in close by regions in several cities.
It´s very interesting. Amazing that something like that could happend.
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There are several ways to stop subsidence:
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Oh very interesting information
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Venice, Italy
Beautiful place!!
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Tokyo, Japan formulated the law to halt the sinking by limiting to pump groundwater. This effort was success story where the sinking rate of 9 inches (24 cm) per year reduced to 0.4 inches (1 cm) per year.
A very interesting subject. Our civilisation is literally sinking!
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Very interesting post. Thanks!
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Finally, combinations of program to groundwater reducing and injecting have been success to halt further sinking in Venice, Italy.
I was in Venice, amazing place☺
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The cities are spreading from industry to developing countries, they are:
- capitals (Jakarta – Indonesia, Lagos – Nigeria, Washington – USA, and Beijing - China)
- historical city (Venice – Italy)
- business centers (Houston – Texas, Long Beach – California).
Unfortunately, we need to do something with this, it's horrible and very big problem :/
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- historical city (Venice – Italy)
- business centers (Houston – Texas, Long Beach – California).
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It's terrible, unfortunately :-(
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The sinking rate is astonishing, from 0.4 inches (1 cm) to 10 inches (25 cm) per year.
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In addition, surface elevation up to 30 cm was seen in several areas of Long Beach.
Interesting... I wonder with Washington has ties to it having built on a swamp?
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The questions then:
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fascinating - I knew Venice was sinking but I didn't know about Jakarta and the others.
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