The influence of infrastructure development and ecological carrying capacity on the economic impact of independent integrated city of Lunang Silaut

Abstract

Independent integrated city is a city that was built with the aim of increasing the ease of meeting various basic needs that enable the opening of opportunities for socioeconomic growth of transmigrate regions and creating centers of business activities that attract investors as an effort to develop the economic activities of transmigrates and surrounding communities. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of the independent variables of infrastructure development and ecological carrying capacity on the dependent variable of the Economic Impact of the Independent Integrated City of Lunang Silaut. This research is a quantitative research involving 150 respondents of the Independent Integrated City Regional stakeholders Lunang Silaut who represent the Government, private parties, nongovernmental organizations, and local residents. The sample selection is done in a convenient purposive sampling manner. Data analysis uses multiple regression which is preceded by data requirements test: normality, multicollinearity, autocorrelation, and heteroscedasticity. The research error rate was set at 5%. The results showed that infrastructure development and ecological carrying capacity had a significant effect on the economic impact of Independent Integrated City Lunang Silaut, with a Sig. F = 0.000; and the two independent variables can explain the dependent variable of 98.8%, while the rest is determined by other factors outside the research boundary.