The Smart Village Model for Rural Area (Case Study: Banyuwangi Regency)

Abstract

Smart Village refers to a concept developed in rural area that provides solutions to problems occurred and improves the quality of life. The main problems faced by rural areas are cover poverty, low level of education, and limited access to technology. Smart village concept emerged due to some different characteristics between rural and urban areas. Banyuwangi Regency is one of regions that created smart concept starting from rural area, called smart kampung. So far, smart kampung only focused on public services, which included only a small part of smart city concept. Hence, this research was intended to propose the model of smart village examined through initial interview in village sample of Banyuwangi, literature reviews related to smart city, smart village, and smart rural. Then, the results were confirmed and adjusted to support local regulations. This research created a smart village model that was capable to be a guide for each village to develop towards better future. The proposed smart village model was categorized into 6 dimensions including 1) Governance, (2) Technology, (3) Resources, (4) Village Service, (5) Living, and (6) Tourism. This research is expected to be applied to villages in other Regencies by adjusting the characteristics of each region.