REDUCING THE IMPACT OF A COASTAL MEGACITY ON ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS, JAKARTA AND THE SERIBU ISLANDS :Community-based approaches to solid waste management a
Tanggal : 2004-02-20
Jakarta Bay lies to the north of Jakarta and receives freshwater runoff from thirteen rivers that run through the Jakarta Metropolitan Area, a conurbation that is home to some 20 million people. The shallow bay with an average depth of 15 m contains an archipelago of small, low-lying islands - Kepulauan Seribu, referred to in this presentation as the Seribu Islands. With the expansion of the Jakarta Metropolitan Area during the second half of the 20th century, the environment of Jakarta Bay and the Seribu Islands have been significantly affected by a range of human activities as well as natural forces. The impacts of pollution, natural ecosystem transformation and non-sustainable coastal resource exploitation are being increasingly felt...
