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Problem in Jakarta

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            Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia. As a capital of state jakarta would be a major point of doing any activities . Located on the northwest coast of the world's most populous island of Java, Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political center, with a population of 10,075,310 as of 2014. As many other cities do, Jakarta has many urban problems . One problem that has caused the loss of life in Jakarta is floods . Jakarta is very prone to floods and they can prove to be very dangerous in the city. Jakarta usually gets flooded every year, but the magnitude is not always that big. In 2007 though, flooding affected 70% of Jakarta, killed 57 people and made at least 450,000 people homeless . Flooding after heavy rainfall is also affected by certain factors , including steep and shallow river channels, lack of vegetation and concrete drainage basins that prevent the water from percolating ba...