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task for the administration innovation in Jakarta city. Against this backdrop, Jakarta began to implement the Pluit Reservoir Revitalization Project since 2012, trying to improve the city's capacity in fighting against climate change and mitigating flood disasters.
▥ Jakarta’s residents take part in the resettlement program
explosion enforces the government to
Implementation of the Initiative
change its pre-settled urban planning.
The main purpose of launching the
An urban forest covering an area of 130
innovative project of Pluit Reservoir
hectares was cut down and replaced by
Revitalization is to restore and reinforce
high-rise buildings, resulting in the loss
its capacity of water drainage and storage
of water storage function for the forest.
capacity. Covering the catchment area
The marine outfall for rivers in Jakarta
of 2,083 hectares in North Jakarta
used to be a large area of marshes with
originally, the reservoir is, however,
the role of regulating rainwater. But the
currently surrounded by the thousands
changes in urban planning made this area
of illegal houses (squatters), nearly 75%
a wealthy residential area now. On the
of the reservoir covered by algae, and
other hand, a large number of poor people
sediments in the river with the poor
swarming into Jakarta who could not find
water performance. Thus, the reservoir is
a safe haven in the city centre had to build
vulnerable to fight against the flood.
houses along the rivers and reservoirs,
The Pluit Reservoir Revitalization
leaving the space increasingly narrow.
Project can improve the living quality
And the drainage and water storage
of 15,000 households currently besides
functions of rivers and reservoirs are thus
the reservoir banks. The government
largely curtailed.
provides proper subsidized apartments
Obviously, the flood disaster has
nearby in order that these households are
become a bottleneck for the development
able to maintain their social and economic
of Jakarta. How to effectively solve the
activities. It seeks to rejuvenate the area
flooding problem is the most troublesome
through the integrated blue and green