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Flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia - Climate Change

A man sleeps on bags filled with rocks and stones, placed on a river bank to prevent flooding in the city in January 2013. The severity of these floods is believed to be increasing as a result of climate change, inefficient drainage systems, rising sea levels and the fact that large parts of Jakarta are sinking below sea level.

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Contained in galleries: Jakarta - The Sinking City [2013]

A man sleeps on bags filled with rocks and stones, placed on a river bank to prevent flooding in the city in January 2013. The severity of these floods is believed to be increasing as a result of climate change, inefficient drainage systems, rising sea levels and the fact that large parts of Jakarta are sinking below sea level.