Awareness of coastal floods in impoverished subsiding coastal communities in Jakarta: Tsunamis, typhoon storm surges and dyke-induced tsunamis
Awareness of coastal floods in impoverished subsiding coastal communities in Jakarta: Tsunamis, typhoon storm surges and dyke-induced tsunamis
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.04.007
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发表时间：
2017-08-01
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5
通讯作者：
Utama, Nuki Agya
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作者：
Esteban, Miguel;Takagi, Hiroshi;Utama, Nuki Agya
海平面上升将对全球各地的沿海住区构成重大挑战，并可能对通常位于特别脆弱地区的较贫穷社区造成不成比例的影响。雅加达沿海地区近年来一直在经历快速下沉，这可能有助于说明未来海平面上升可能对这些社区造成的挑战。为了确定人们对他们所面临的威胁的认识程度，在一个相对贫穷的社区进行了问卷调查，该社区位于海平面以下，由一条薄薄的混凝土堤坝保护，不受海洋的影响。结果表明，虽然当地居民似乎意识到他们所面临的危害，但许多人似乎低估了其严重性，这可能是由于最近接触的频率很高。该地区的情况似乎逐年恶化，必须采取补救措施以阻止地面沉降和/或实施重要的补救措施以适应地面沉降。如果不这样做，最终可能导致该地区的重大生命损失。
Sea level rise will pose a significant challenge to coastal settlements throughout the planet and is likely to disproportionately affect poorer communities, which are usually located in particularly vulnerable areas. Coastal areas in Jakarta have been experiencing rapid subsidence in recent years, and could serve to illustrate the likely challenges that future sea level rise could have on such communities. To ascertain the level of awareness about the threats facing them questionnaire surveys were conducted amongst one relatively poor community that is situated below sea level, protected from the sea by a thin concrete dyke. The results show that while local inhabitants appear to be aware about the hazards they face, many seem to underestimate their severity, possibly due to a high frequency of exposure in the recent past. The situation in the area appears to be worsening with each passing year, and it is imperative that remedial actions to halt ground subsidence are carried out and/or important remedial actions to adapt to the ground subsidence are implemented. Failure to do so could eventually result in a significant loss of life in the area.