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The 400-year curse dragging Indonesia's capital into the sea.
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Like many coastal cities around the world, Jakarta is dealing with sea level rise. But Indonesia's biggest city also has a unique problem: Because of restricted water access in the city, the majority of its residents have to extract groundwater to survive. And it's causing the city to sink. Today, Jakarta is the world’s fastest-sinking city.
The problem gets worse every year, but the root of it precedes modern Indonesia by centuries. In the 1600s, when the Dutch landed in Indonesia and built present-day Jakarta, they divided up the city to segregate the population. Eventually, that segregation led to an unequal water piping system that excluded most Indigenous Jakartans, forcing them to find other ways to get water.
To understand how it all ties together, and what’s in store for Jakarta’s future, watch the video above.
Sources and further reading:
If you want to learn more about the development of Jakarta’s urban water supply going all the way back to colonial times, check out Michelle Kooy’s detailed reports:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00791.x
www.academia.edu/3682152/Splintered_networks_The_colonial_and_contemporary_waters_of_Jakarta
To understand Jakarta’s colonial history and the segregation that came of it, check out this article from the Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art: jhna.org/articles/dutch-batavia-exposing-hierarchy-dutch-colonial-city/
To read about the evolution of the canals the Dutch built in present-day Jakarta and how their deterioration impacted water access and segregation, here’s a study from Dr. Euis Puspita Dewi, who we feature in the video:
scholar.ui.ac.id/en/publications/urban-canals-in-colonial-batavia-rethinking-clean-and-dirt-space
To get a broader look at the many other cities sinking in Indonesia, check out this article by Dr. Estelle Chaussard: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425712003975
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Hello! We have translated subtitles available in Bahasa Indonesia. You can access them through the settings icon > Subtitles/CC Thanks for watching, and let me know what other colonial histories you want to see explained next in the comments. Thanks, Christina, Video Producer
11 dagen geledenNa Ma
@A Blank Journal what's bocil?
16 uur geledenA Blank Journal
@Na Ma Free Bocil, you mean
16 uur geledenNa Ma
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Dag geledenNa Ma
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Dag geledenEcavex
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Dag geledenFayed Uddin
And the rich attract themselves towards Bali while the country's capital is ruining. What a shame. Some things will never just change.
Uur geledenÁlmos Phraner
Its kampung not kampong..
Uur geledenprincess huinda
why not plant mangrove trees.
Uur geledenseeni gzty
Alternative title: How Jakarta is trying to copy Venice in an extreme way.
2 uur geledenseeni gzty
maybe Because of the cracked ice burg on antarctica
2 uur geledenJinky Engbino
Very sad reality
3 uur geledenwakanda forever
Negara rendang
3 uur geledenwakanda forever
Wkwkw Indonesia
3 uur geledenDarth Vader
So it's worst case scenario.
4 uur geledenVega
Is any other city sinking as rapidly as Jakarta right now? This is the beginning of a common trend, it deeply saddens and conflicts me as I notice citizens of poor countries suffering at the hands of other people's resources. Society must change
4 uur geledenRed Tsar
Alternative title: How Jakarta is trying to copy Venice in an extreme way.
5 uur geledenJoshua Li
Yes but the crust has been going up and down for the entirety of earth's history. How can we know do something about this problem? - Republicans, probably
7 uur geledenAfanDianto Ramadhani
Jakarta: Sinks Goverment: ok we're move to Borneo
8 uur geledenMuhamad Abdan s
That's very Old
9 uur geledenchannel 1
GK bisa bahasa enggres
10 uur geledenKalashnikov 413
Ada subtitle Indonesia
5 uur geledenA random trench weeb
That's what happens when you say to Dutch to go away.
10 uur geledenKalashnikov 413
*MERDEKA ATAU MATI!*
5 uur geledenChris
The Jakarta's Govenor said when flood just wait the water enter the ground
11 uur geledenAndialgazaly
blangsak emang pemerintah
13 uur geledenHey Tayo
Diliat su itu tenggelam knp Blok goblok!!
20 minuten geledenHilda Hafidoh
:((((
13 uur geledenOyasumi Chonky desu
Before mask
14 uur geledenWarBringer 》
Yet, some of us choose to be ignorant.
15 uur geledenrynamite
maybe Because of the cracked ice burg on antarctica
15 uur geledenVeganBurger
"The reason why Indonesia is sinking is because most of the people dont have enough water" Well... problem solved.
15 uur geledenIwan Suriadi
This video is so good. Wholesome. Indonesian itself could never.
16 uur geledenJames Lychyk
Its ok Allah will save them, go pray to him some more
17 uur geledenKalashnikov 413
Don't just pray to God all the time, do something. Your wish to God will be denied by God himself if we didn't act something
5 uur geledenRozi Akbar
I still don't understand the difference in definition between inundation and flood. Because our government sometimes say it inundation instead of a flood.
17 uur geledenMario Arroyo
I love seeing Mosques collapse
17 uur geledenKalashnikov 413
*bruh*
5 uur geledenPranjal Singh
3:18 - Randeep Hooda
17 uur geledenFar1shd Official
Makasih untuk informasinya Thanks for the info!
18 uur geledenseeni gzty
people in the future discovering remains of jakarta : "is this Atlantis?"
18 uur geledenLeon S. Kennedy
Venice
40 minuten geledenseeni gzty
proper job and lay all the pipes, yes?
18 uur geledenNaufal Ayudhyaksa
I wonder if jakarta dispeaper what city will be the capital(surabaya pls)
18 uur geledenwatermelon fairy
Isn't the capital city gonna move to kalimatan? kalo pindah ke Surabaya kayaknya udah 'rame', 11/12 sama jkt
15 uur geledenMarcello Tenarta
I live in Jakarta, and I just realized that my house also uses pump to pump the water out... And my house is also located on the map of Jakarta sinking.. But Jakarta is a nice place, full of tall buildings, nice parks, despite having a severe pollution and overpopulation..
19 uur geledenFausa Jakmania
Sok tau lu
22 uur geledenKalashnikov 413
*bruh*
5 uur geledenwatermelon fairy
aneh lu
15 uur geledenAlgazali Yes
Jir,gak mau menerima kenyataan
18 uur geledenGem Domingo
Last November, in our country Philippines, there's a Hurricane and the water rose 22 meters, our Country Philippines is near Indonesia and the Hurricane moved To Vietnam
23 uur geledendashe burner
The jagged jewel primarily sniff because apology frustratingly mourn without a heartbreaking footnote. fresh, curly anteater
23 uur geledentaylor
Hey, can we sue the dutch??
Dag geledenJuan Hernandez
The alleged kevin repressingly divide because ticket supply appear abaft a embarrassed gate. mixed, wonderful beautician
Dag geledenJessenLH
poor jakarta tho
Dag geledenAir Refresher
Bruh, i was thought Jakarta is metrop metropolitan
Dag geledenSinema Pemula
why you don't blame Mr. Governor like everybody else?
Dag geledenSinema Pemula
@martha setiawan buzzer : "gak bisa bahasa enggress"
Dag geledenmartha setiawan
disini aman, gak ada simpatisan buzzer
Dag geledenXD3D PUTRA
I live in Indonesia, but not in Jakarta. I live in Salatiga, Central java. Near merapi. I fell so bad for the people in Northern Jakarta.
Dag geledenThiago Torres
Always freaking European expansionism at the root of todays problems
Dag geledenNot Gud
What if Jakarta turns into Atlantis V2
Dag geledenG. U . M
Colonization is the root cause of most of the Easter worlds problem.
Dag geledenS.S.M. Artism
nature
Dag geledenHelloverlord
So, basically, according to woman at 6:00 Dutch are to blame becouse Indonesians didnt have piped water to every home? Why they did force Dutches to make it for them? Oh, they couldnt, they had better stuff to do, like building mosques - first things first, I got it. ...but, maybe, I dont know, they could invite Dutch to invade them again but this time to do proper job and lay all the pipes, yes?
Dag geledenMuhammad Danish
Jakarta: " I'm sinking" Captain Cairo: " what are you "sinking" about?"
Dag geledenPisces 28
I don't know why the governments never talk *about reducing the population* ... I'm as Indonesian and who was born there... Like man.. never imagine like how or why is that even there in the first place..😅😅😅 I guess 'they' will just corrupt until eternity. I'm sorry for this kind of depressed statement but I would rather be optimistic in other things.. because it isn't only about *the water* but also the *mentality itself*
Dag geledenPisces 28
Indonesian be like: *AKU TERPESONA* *AKU GAK BISA BAHASA INGGRIS ._.*
Dag geledenwhitechick zero
Because, Right now, Goodbener is SIN THINK, May Book Religion Take a Beer 😁
Dag geledenBl lover
Awas, digruduk rumah ente wkwkwkwkkw
17 uur geledenPABLO HERNANDEZ
Gw1wqww
Dag geleden1337fraggzb00N
Jakarta:"We are sinking! We are sinking!" German engineer:"What... what are you sinking about?"
Dag geledenDream Z
Pakek jantung naga legendaris aja yang bisa membuat 1000 pulau mengapung
Dag geledenJust Yuyun
the goverment is blinded by money for developing their megacity, that they invite more company and people to built building but forget to repair the city structure itself , from outside it may look okay but the truth everything is in chaos in that city . and don't forget about the people who moving from other city and province them self . i was once live in jakarta myself and been many time to the northen part of the city and it's scary knowing that on some place the sea surface is way up above the ground level . we have a lot of tsunami attacking our country this past 2 decade . wonder what gonna happen if there and underwater earthquake in northern of jakarta ... they gonna sunk immediately ......... erased from the map .
Dag geledenDrew Senna
Whoa, I didn't know that there used to be more Chinese living in Batavia than Bandanese
Dag geledenknight flame
Can you make a vedio about Bangladesh climate effect?
Dag geledenILHAM FAJAR
Im from Indonesian
Dag geledenReseviladik Productions
Just like what happened in the great kingdom of sundaland :(
Dag geledenBeniah Siahaan
Benerkah?
Dag geledenIlham Pratama
Iya, bisa aja jakarta tenggelam pada tahun 2050. Liat aja masjid nya gua😭 dah mau tenggelam, bisa bisa jakarta seperti Atlantis
Dag geledenKatie Kat
I hope they don't move the capital to Borneo b/c that island has a lot of big and small animals that are very close to extinction.
Dag geledenraphael diaz
I feel greateful for living at an apartment in jakarta now
Dag geledenBenz mf
As an Indonesian, what a shame how the international media portrays my country! Indonesia has many resources but without good human resources we are still nothing. Embarrassing!
Dag geledenRaja Sri Indra
Karma are real
Dag geledenmartha setiawan
karma atas hal apa?
Dag geledenatika fitriyani
karma dari apa?
Dag geledennaufal satira
Is our government saw this as a big problem?
Dag geledenyossi aulia
There are so many Indonesian who doesn't know what is the actual problem of the flooding in Jakarta, and yeah me don't know as well untill I watch this
Dag geledenYanto Delahoya
Dog Content, you now Jakarta , provokasi its content
Dag geledenRicardo Ruiz
Human greed is becoming the biggest issue 💚🌏
Dag geledenM. Arko Sachtito. G
Untung gua tinggal di pedesaan yang tidak terlalu dalam
Dag geledenRizki Ramadhan
Pada pindah dari Jakarta
Dag geledenMan From Earth
Cara memilih _the next_ Gubernur Jakarta 1. Pastikan mereka main minecraft 2. Pastikan mereka main minecraft 3. Pastikan mereka main minecraft 4. Langsung pilih no debat.
Dag geledenAlparslan Korkmaz
Nice video.
Dag geledenYoga Andoyo Aji
VOX : jakarta sinking! Government of indonesia : lets countinue to doing corruption
Dag geledenMark Shiman
Isn't the solution obvious? Just use rain water... the same rain water that isn't filling the aquifers.
Dag geledenchymev
Whats the similarities between the dutch colony and local indonesian government? To combat these water problem, lets move somewhere else and save ourselves.
Dag geledenKurumi Chan
Banjir lagi banjir lagi 😭
Dag geledenoiuet souiu
My goodness. We’ve got so many brilliant minds, so much technology but no will power to do right by people. We have failed as a species.
Dag geledenoiuet souiu
Jakarta government need to ask to tokyo and hongkong for sinking problem.
Dag geledenTAC C-Observer
money
2 dagen geledenNozyspy
"A mentality that indigenous peoples did not understand sanitation and were not civilised" Mmm healthy trash filled streets you have there.
2 dagen geledenRamirez Mckenzie
The Dutch are responsible for messing up this city, let that sink in
2 dagen geledenArtisan
The root of the problem has been identified, now the solution has to be made.
22 uur geledenkat Mats
Looks like China is about to move right in,
2 dagen geledenMw Zuhdi
siapa ke sini gara gara tik tok
2 dagen geledenCK Gaming Channel
They should build a floating city that relies on buoyancy to stay above water level.
2 dagen geledenS Suchiang
Sad to see Jakarta is sinking but their government or media don't cover this problem facing by people
2 dagen geledenKU AJARI CARA KAYA
Ehh njing, jakarta kok jelek banget lo sorot, udah kayak pemukiman monyet
2 dagen geledenKalashnikov 413
Yaelah, kan pembahasannya kenapa Jakarta sedang dalam fase tenggelam, ya wajar lah yang di sorot di daerah pemukiman
5 uur geledenatika fitriyani
BIASALAH
Dag geledenAlex Jefferson
Vox
2 dagen geledenAsrar Kucang
Nga bisa bahasa Inggris 😅🤣
2 dagen geledenReyTX2402
Subtitle: apakah aku sebuah candaan?
2 dagen geledendel
thank you so much for speaking up about this !!
2 dagen geledenJamilah Wati
Inilah alasan Air Hujan harus terserap kedalam tanah, tidak dibuang ke laut. Sunatulah...
2 dagen geledenSoodam사랑
Look at the reality
2 dagen geledenG TEAM
This is a sign from god. This mosque but be a truly unholy place.
2 dagen geledeneyal rubin
sorry but the government is so bad and so incredibly corrupted its ridiculous ,the Indonesian people really don't deserve this.
2 dagen geledenjoshuahunt05
How west ruins the east...
2 dagen geledenV Soo
Jakarta government need to ask to tokyo and hongkong for sinking problem.
2 dagen geledenJoe Jgrhb
Yes, finally
2 dagen geledenJoe Jgrhb
Glad it sink, now the government has reduced excuses for corruption
2 dagen geledenRamirez Mckenzie
But it negatively affecting people’s lives
2 dagen geledenlanvia
well now i know why my house keeps flooding when it has never flooded before..
2 dagen geledenPrince Psionic
Rip Jakarta, my birthplace :(
2 dagen geleden4rmDEC2FRE
the dutch should pay for the repairs
2 dagen geledenwawan listanto
ORANG INDO DI MANAPUN ADA
2 dagen geledenTop 10 ID
Indonesian media should make a content like this!
2 dagen geledenWildan Syakir Mubarok
Yeah
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