Integrated Humanity

Choose any one of the given sources and do a CRAAP and OPVL test to check
authenticity of the source

Video on CRAAP : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieaCVPu6Zec

Video on OPVL : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4lG4GZ7B4

Section A
Read the Case given below and attempt the Questions followed after the case.

Jakarta, the fastest-sinking city in the world

By Mayuri Mei Lin & Rafki Hidayat

BBC Indonesia 13 August 2018

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44636934

The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the
fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be
entirely submerged by 2050, say researchers. Is it too late?
It sits on swampy land, the Java Sea lapping against it, and 13 rivers running through it.
So it shouldn't be a surprise that flooding is frequent in Jakarta and, according to
experts, it is getting worse. But it's not just about freak floods, this massive city is
literally disappearing into the ground.
North Jakarta has historically been a port city and even today it houses one of
Indonesia's busiest seaports, Tanjung Priok. Its strategic location where the Ciliwung
river flows into the Java Sea was one of the reasons why Dutch colonists chose to
make it their bustling hub in the 17th Century.
Today 1.8 million people live in the municipality, a curious mixture of fading port
businesses, poor coastal communities and a substantial population of wealthy Chinese
Indonesians.
"Every year the tide gets about 5cm higher," Mahardi, a fisherman, said.
None of this has deterred the property developers. More and more luxury apartments
dot the North Jakarta skyline regardless of the risks. The head of the advisory council
for Indonesia's Association of Housing Development, Eddy Ganefo, says he has urged
the government to halt further development here. But, he says, "so long as we can sell
apartments, development will continue".
Coastal cities across the world are affected because of rising sea levels caused by
climate change. Increased sea levels occur because of thermal expansion - the water
expanding because of extra heat - and the melting of polar ice. The speed at which
Jakarta is sinking is alarming experts.
The dramatic rate at which Jakarta is sinking is partly down to the excessive extraction
of groundwater for use as drinking water, for bathing and other everyday purposes by
city dwellers. Piped water isn't reliable or available in most areas so people have no
choice but to resort to pumping water from the aquifers deep underground.
But when groundwater is pumped out, the land above it sinks as if it is sitting on a
deflating balloon - and this leads to land subsidence.
The situation is exacerbated by lax regulation allowing just about anyone, from
individual homeowners to massive shopping mall operators, to carry out their own
groundwater extractions.
"Everyone has a right, from residents to industries, to use groundwater so long as this is
regulated," says Heri Andreas. The problem is that they take more than what is allowed.
People say they have no choice when the authorities are unable to meet their water
needs and experts confirm that water management authorities can only meet 40% of
Jakarta's demand for water.
Map 1 https://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/indonesia/

Map 2 https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/indonesia/idlatlog.htm
 Section B
Using the knowledge and understanding on Anthromes you have studied so far and
watching the link given below,attempt the following question

Big Idea 9: Humans Change Earth ? (5 Minutes)