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Palu Grows without Paying Attention to its Carrying Capacity
The government has long known the vulnerability of Palu city, Central Sulawesi, to earthquakes, tsunamis and soil liquefaction. However, this city was allowed to grow without control with the majority of the population not knowing the disaster history in their city.
The vulnerability of Palu city to earthquakes and tsunamis was repeatedly disclosed by JA Katili, the first doctoral graduate in geology from the Bandung Institute of Technology and also in Indonesia in the 1970s. Katili also named this fault as Palu Koro because it extends from Palu Bay in the north to Koro around Tondano Bay, North Sulawesi, for about 1,000 kilometers.