most at risk are situated along a wide corridor that snakes through the city says urban planner marco cousteau my view jaya. floods and most all only the coastal areas of the floods i actually. still upstream see in the city center of chicago 15 year from my office. is director of the rue jack center for urban studies which searches for solutions for climate related problems right now their focus is the depletion of groundwater from the area the declining water table has even more serious consequences than rising sea levels. it's causing the ground to sink and large parts of the city with it it can get most of the you know america model because i want to be able to guard the sea level rises. at between 4 to 6 millimeters when your butt was used at the london. subsiding by. 320 sente meet. in february 2013 nearly half of jakarta was underwater. scenes like this are likely to become increasingly common. ocean levels continue to rise the land is collapsing and heavy rains are becoming more frequent. about one 3rd of jakarta is currently below sea level environmental problems are causing a growing