Is Indonesia going to replace its capital city because of global warming ?
Jakarta is the current capital city of Indonesia. However, due to repeated floods, to an overcrowded population and terrible traffic jams, the President of Indonesia has proposed to change the capital city.
Joko Widodo (the President of Indonesia) stated that he thought of transferring the capital city outside the Java Island. Some scientists such as Heri Andreas declared that in 2050, around 95% of the North of Jakarta will be underwater. Indeed, Jakarta has gone down by 2.5 meters within ten years. On the whole, we can say that 40% of the surface of Jakarta is under the sea level. This phenomenon is natural and also is caused by human activites. People dig the water that is situated under the ground and consequently, the ground goes down.
The President didn't explain which city could replace the current capital city. On his instagram account, he has invited indonesians to vote for their favourite candidate (?).
Some countries have already changed of capital cities. For example, in 1999, Malaysia replaced its former capital city Kuala Lumpur by Putrayaja because Kuala Lumpur was too polluted. Kuala Lumpur remains the historic capital city and Putrayaja is now the administrative capital city. Then, Belize also changed its capital city Belize city by Belmopan. The former capital city was often stroke by climatic events and was devastated by a huge hurricane in 1961.
How much does it cost to move a capital city to another place? For Indonesia, it will cost around 33 billion dollars and the change will take around 10 years before taking place for real.
Some people believe that changing the capital city is not an answer to global warming. Countries should adapt and find solutions to solve an issue they will have to face in the future. Changing or moving a capital city to another place is like cleaning your flat and hide the dust under the carpet to make it look clean. In fact, it just postpones the issue and not solves it, to my opinion at least.
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Very well written.
Is Indonesia going to replace its capital city because of global warming ?
Jakarta is the current capital city of Indonesia. However, due to repeated floods, to an overcrowded population, and terrible traffic jams the President of Indonesia has proposed to change the capital city.Joko Widodo (the President of Indonesia) stated that he thought of transferring the capital city outside the island of Java. Some scientists such as Heri Andreas declared that in 2050, around 95% of the North of Jakarta will be underwater. Indeed, Jakarta has gone down by 2.5 meters within ten years. On the whole, we can say that 40% of the surface of Jakarta is under the sea level. This phenomenon has both natural and human causes. People pump the groundwater and consequently, the ground subsides.
The President didn't explain which city could replace the current capital city. On his instagram account, he has invited indonesians to vote for their favourite candidate (?).
Some countries have already changed their capital cities. For example, in 1999, Malaysia replaced its former capital city Kuala Lumpur by Putrayaja because Kuala Lumpur was too polluted. Kuala Lumpur remains the historic capital city and Putrayaja is now the administrative capital city. Then, Belize also changed its capital city Belize City to Belmopan. The former capital city was often struck by climatic events and was devastated by a huge hurricane in 1961.
How much does it cost to move a capital city to another place? For Indonesia, it will cost around 33 billion dollars and the change will take about 10 years before taking place for real.
Some people believe that changing the capital city is not an answer to global warming. Countries should adapt and find solutions to solve an issue they will have to face in the future. Changing or moving a capital city to another place is like cleaning your flat and hiding the dust under the carpet to make it look clean. In fact, it just postpones the issue and does not solve it, in my opinion at least.
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Is Indonesia going to replace its capital city because of global warming ?
Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia. However, the repeated floods, the rapid rising of population and terrible traffic jams made the President of Indonesia to propose the change of the capital city by another one.Joko Widodo (the President of Indonesia) stated that he is thinking of moving the capital out of the Java Island. Some scientists like Heri Andreas declared that in 2050, around 95% of the North of Jakarta will be underwater. Indeed, Jakarta has sunk by 2.5 meters within ten years. To sum up, we can say that 40% of the surface of Jakarta is under the sea level. This phenomenon is natural. However, human activities deteriorate the condition.People irrigate the water that is situated under the ground. Consequently, the ground sinks more and more.
The President didn't say which city could replace the current capital. On his instagram account, he has asked Indonesians to vote for their favorite one.
Some countries have already changed their capital. For example, in 1999, Malaysia replaced its capital Kuala Lumpur by Putrayaja because Kuala Lumpur was too polluted. Kuala Lumpur remains the historic capital city and Putrayaja is now the administrative capital. Moreover, Belize has changed its capital city Belize by Belmopan. The former capital city was often affected by climate events and was devastated after a huge hurricane in 1961.
How much does it cost to move a capital city to another place? For Indonesia, it will cost around 33 billion dollars and the project will last approximately 10 years.
Some people believe that changing the capital city is not a solution to the problem of global warming. Countries should adapt and find out ways to solve an issue they will have to face in the future. Changing or moving a capital city to another place is like cleaning your flat and hide the dust under the carpet to make it look clean. In my opinion, it only postpones the issue and does not solve it.
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hi, I am not a teacher but I tried to correct some mistakes. I think your essay is very good !!
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@Erhan, thank you, I like talking about culture, history and environment that's why I decided to write about Indonesia and global warming.
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@Azlan, I am not a specialist. I just summed up what I read in different newspaper articles. I don't know those countries but I can understant the government decided to balance powers in the country and transfer some of his administration. It is an aspect often criticized in Paris where all the powers are centralized. However, I found that interesting and I am sure that global warming will affect us all and that we'll need to change our habits or that countries will have to adapt themselves.
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It was a useful article like a general culture about another life and problems.
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