The Community Readiness Measurement in Implementing Smart City in Banyuasin Regency

Abstract

Community readiness in the implementation of the smart city needs to be measured to determine the level of community readiness in implementing the smart city using four variables: internet usage behavior, internet use usability, e-government, and human resources. Data in this study were collected using a questionnaire distributed to 400 respondents consisting of the Banyuasin District community and the Head of the Communication and Information Office as a stakeholder respondent. The results of this study found a high gap namely the e-government variable of 3.07 which caused a high average gap tendency with the category of not ready on the e-government variable which means that e-government in the Banyuasin District Government was not ready to face the implementation of the smart city. The results of this study as input for the Banyuasin District Government to determine the level of community readiness in the implementation of the smart city to further improve services for the future community and can understand the needs or desires of the community.