WATERWAYS AND SPACE FORMATION IN BATAVIA UNDER THE RULE OF THE DUTCH UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY

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  • MATSUDA Hiroko
    Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, M. Eng.

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  • オランダ東インド会社によるバタヴィアの水路網と空間形成
  • オランダ ヒガシインド ガイシャ ニ ヨル バタヴィア ノ スイロモウ ト クウカン ケイセイ

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Abstract

Batavia was the port city founded by the Dutch United East India Company in the Ciliwung River Delta of Java located in the Asian monsoon tectonic zone. Construction of the urban area and land reclamation of the environs were conducted under the water management based on waterways having multi functions such as self-defense, transportation, drainage, water storage and irrigation. This paper explains changes of the water management and the space structure in the 17th and 18th centuries according to maps, official ordinances and travel records. Structure and features of the channel network are discussed in relation to geomorphology and hydrological conditions of Java.

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