Subsidence Case Study

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Abstract— Subsidence has been a very disturbing issue due to a very dense populated area at the north part of Jakarta as well as the endangered government infrastructure that existed in along the coastline. The subsidence in Jakarta has become a consideration to build another infrastructure or any other infrastructure to prevent Jakarta from Subsidence. Due to Subsidence process, there are some consequences has to be bare such as building damages and flooding that has become fidgety for people along the coastline. Today the sea level has become higher than houses along the shoreline. The research conducted in Sunter area that has been completed with sufficient geotechnical data with groundwater level measurements from 1985 and geodetic measurements since 1985. Based on the data, the rate of subsidence calculated as settlement and calibrated with Geodetic GPS measurements. As the result, the rate of subsidence for existing condition is not affected by the rate of groundwater level decreasing during 1985 to 2015 around 0.3 meters/year. Modeling continues using extreme scenario that reaches 1.5 meters/year and the result is ground water has a significant effect on subsidence. The percentage of groundwater effect on subsidence in normal condition is less than 5% but in extreme condition is around 30%. …show more content…

Flood has become fidgety for people along the coastline yet the sea level has become higher than the land they live in. in this situation, the government has to take action for controlling the subsidence. In order to create some infrastructure to prevent subsidence or subsidence effect, there has to be a study that explains the subsidence mechanism in Jakarta. It is recommended for local government agencies to conduct better disaster management and relief fund management. Early warning system should be installed and executed by responsible local authorities

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