APPLICATION OF THE SMART CITY CONCEPT IN THE DISTRICT CONTEXT (SMART CITY CONCEPT IN KULON PROGO REGENCY)

Abstract

The Application of smart cities to regency area has not been widely implemented or is a new
planning application. Concept that implemented to region of indonesia will give different result and
effect specifically to regency area that have different characteristic from another region. Various
change that caused from the start of application in 2018 until present brought impact to society,
regional and government. Case study of the application of smart city concept is process will look
directly at practice of smart city development with execution of the programs. The used method in the
research is interview, observation, and data collection. The result will relate to the stage and process
of growth, influence of factor, and the finding of changes that important in the development or will
relates to progress of direction and focus of implementation throughout the practice of smart city
programs. Factors that important cannot be separated from the growth of smart city development.
Various change will be happened to Kulon Progo Regency as one of the regions that encourages
application of smart city to brought benefit widely for government and society. The representation of
the result is findings of revelation to the goal and the existing of development.