Community Perception On Preparation Of Brebes District’s Expansion

Abstract

Brebes Regency is the largest area in Central Java Province with the southern region distance where central government situated to northern region of ± 55 Km. Such condition affects public services. It reinforces the emergence of territorial expansion issue in Brebes Regency, particularly in region of South Brebes. The territorial expansion that may apply to Brebes Regency, based on Government Regulation No. 78 year of 2007, is a formation since the objective to be achieved is granting a new status to South Brebes region as a regency. The purpose of this study is to analyze the perception of community towards the preparation of regional expansion in Brebes Regency. This research uses a rationalistic quantitative descriptive approach method with four variables to measure public perception, namely attention, experience, mindset, and expectation. The conclusion of the research on the attention factor, mindset, and needs of community perception is very good. The territorial expansion is expected to improve public services and welfare. While the perception of experience factor is less good, due to lack of socialization.