Sustainable development of coastal cities through control of
land subsidence: activities of IGCP Project 663 in Jakarta
X. Yan, Y. Xu, T. Yang
Key Laboratory of Land Subsidence Monitoring and Prevention, Ministry of Nature Resources
of China, Shanghai, China
L. Tosi, S, Donnici
Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, National Research Council, Padova, Italyo
E. Stouthamer, P. Minderhoud
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
P. Teatini
Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering,
University of Padova, Padova, Italy
H. Andreas, D. Pradipta
Geodesy Research Division, Institute of Technology Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia
H. Kooi
Deltares Research Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
R. Boni'
Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept. University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
The awareness on the importance that land subsidence
plays on coastal processes at the regional scale is increased
over the last two decades, and it clearly appears that land
subsidence can contribute primarily to the relative sea level
rise affecting coastal zones. Jakarta is one of the cities mostly
affected by the combination of sea-level rise and land subsidence.
In this paper, the activities carried out in Jakarta
under the umbrella of the IGCP Project 663 were presented,
and the possible measures and best practices mitigating
land subsidence for the research associates and potential
stakeholders were provided, with which can serve as inspiration
for authorities and communities facing land subsidence.
Meanwhile, major achievements of IGCP 663 in
Jakarta were summarized and introduced, including dissemination
session, scientific session and field trips. Specifically,
major advances on coastal subsidence studies
regarding the effect of relative sea level rise, subsidence
mapping, monitoring and simulation, as well as the support
of policy making are highlighted and summarized.
