Coastal Hazards in Indonesia
Figure 1: This animation illustrates the power of the sea over the land. (C oastal erosion at North Cove, Washington. The red line indicates the shoreline in 1990) Coastal Hazards in Indonesia Indonesia has more than 17,500 islands with a total shoreline of approximately 80,000 km. The coasts are the most dynamic areas in this Southeast Asian nation as these are very strategic locations with many natural resources for human livelihood. Majority of the coastal population subsists on fishing and to a greater extent beach tourism. Many large cities with dense population such as Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, are located in coastal areas. Indonesia’s coastal areas have geomorphologically complex processes including coastal environmental degradation due to natural hazards (Figure 2). Figure 2: Coastal dynamics, g