Water Crisis in the City of Rain
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Bogor City is one of the cities with highest rainfall in Indonesia. Ironically, it is experiencing water crisis due to the degraded catchments areas in the headwaters. The video highlights environmental degradation resulting from non ecologically-based spatial plan. Surrounded by mountains, the city serves as the catchments area for the area as well as for the lower land. The ecosystem degradation will affect the country’s populous capital, Jakarta, to which the city rivers empty.

© Telapak/Gekko Studio 2005