Indonesian Journal of Geography
Vol 40, No 2 (2008): Indonesian Journal of Geography

CLIMATE S ROLE IN CHANGING THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND THE SPATIAL CONFLICT PROBLEMS: A PRELIMINARY STUDYON THE CIMANUK WATERSHED

Djoko Harmantyo (Department of Geography, Faculty of Mathematic an Natural Science Iniversity of Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Jul 2013

Abstract

The increasedglobal climate directly affects theface of the earth. In additionto result in shifting of season and extremeweather, the relatively rapid changein temperaturebeing climate element also gives impact on intensity of geomorphologyprocess (weathering, erosion, sedimentation). This paper describes how theescalated climate affects the process 'of weathering and erosion as well as changein delta mainland size and its contribution to the emergence of spatial conflict.DAS Cimanukwas selected as the study case area. The escalated air temperaturefor a long period directly escalates the acceleration of rock weathering, which inturn accelerates the erosion of weathered rock due to rainfall to be sedimentmaterial through erosion process. During period of 1963 - 2002, Cimanuk deltaarea enlarged more than 350.000 m2/year. This new land, which is formed byweathering and erosion processes in the Cimanuk River Basin through peels ofland surfacepredicted to be averagely more then 10 em/year. In the last, the newlandformed by geomorphologic processes triggering the new source of conflictpotentially.

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ijg

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Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences

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Indonesian Journal of Geography ISSN 2354-9114 (online), ISSN 0024-9521 (print) is an international journal of Geography published by the Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada in collaboration with The Indonesian Geographers Association. Our scope of publications includes physical geography, ...