Why Indonesia Need Sabo?

Prolog

More than three decades since the first Indonesia Sabodam was built in 1970. Through those years Sabo Technology, which was developed by Japan, has been improved and modified, both is structure and functions. In the early of its development , Sabo Technology was designed only for sediment (sand) controlling purposed in volcanic areas. Nowadays, it is also implemented in non-volcanic areas , especially in the rivers which debris mass movement ( GALADO-local name ) is frequently occurred.

Although recently Sabodam is easily found almost in all over Indonesia, many people have not understood its functions yet and why it is very important in Indonesia. “ Why Indonesia needs Sabo? “ was designed by Experimental Station for Sabo Team to explain the benefits and advantages of Sabo Technology implementation in Indonesia.

Hopefully this book will enlighten and give some useful information not only for communities but also engineers and policy executors so they will understand more about Sabo Technology. Finally, we wish that this book will contribute to enrich Indonesia literary.