Smart kampung for Surabaya smart city: Criteria redefined

Abstract

There are distinguished characteristics of housing needs in Surabaya based on its process, formal housing and informal housing, so-called with the name kampung. These kampungs becomes potential to be developed for its local intelligence or technologies in enhance the quality of life of the people living there which gives originalities. This article aims to determine the criteria of smart kampung that potentially contribute to make Surabaya closer to become smart city by its originality. This research uses housing and settlement theory, and smart city concepts as the general perspective. The focus areas in this study are located in the central and suburban areas of Surabaya. The method to determine the smart kampung criteria are using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Triangulation method. The results showed there are twelve criteria are as follows: (1) implementation of wastewater and waste management activities, (2) environment quality improvement program, (3) adequate infrastructure, (4) comfortness, (5) the communities' literacy in technology usage for daily activities, (6) basic service provision and efficiency, (7) community empowerment activities, (8) the communities' ability to adopt new things wisely, (9)household-based economic activities or SME, (10) security, (11) access to public facilities, (12) quality of life of society increases in everyday life.