skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Posted by
infinity space
at
5:48 PM
.
Kahayan River is one of biggest river in Borneo Island that has location in province of Central Borneo, Indonesia. Kahayan riverbank district was developed as a settlement district with its high density. Housing in Kahayan riverbank have built with wood material, also its pedestrian and motorcycle path. Every house is connected to the Kahayan River by pedestrian path that called ‘titian’. With height until 3 meters from ground level, titian also has some function as a district linkage in the district. Kahayan riverbank district was built with grid pattern that connected by titian that have width no longer than 2 meters.
Settlement of Kahayan Riverbank district has location in centre of Palangkaraya city. The district has shape of grid pattern, and formed by stilt housings that located about 3 meters from the ground. Every house connected to the Kahayan River by pedestrian path that called ‘titian’. Titian also has some function as a district linkage. Houses in Kahayan Riverbank are stilt houses, some houses built over surface of Kahayan River.
Kahayan Riverbank district is susceptible to some disasters like flood and conflagration. In the rains session, water level in Kahayan riverbank will increase up to 3 meters and enter the house. While, conflagration disaster is often occur to the settlement because it made by wood material and high density of the houses. Nevertheless, this condition was not influenced people of the settlement to move to another place that more safely. Local government often offers people of settlement some places to use as a new settlement.
There are many boats for rent that you can use to trace Kahayan River, enjoying its beautiful sight, floating settlement, rain forest and also its harbor. With only $3 you can use the boat for about half hour. (the infinity)
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
