INTRODUCTION
Background
The city is a network system of human life, characterized by a dense population
concentration use marked by heterogeneous social groups and whose economic
activities are not from the agricultural sector. Meanwhile, urban areas have main non-
agricultural activities with the arrangement of area functions as urban settlements,
centralization, and distribution of government services, social services, and economic
activities. The development of infrastructure and residential areas, seen in every corner
of the city, has a vital role in Indonesia's economic growth (Suriani and Keusuma,
2015). Many problems often occur in meeting the needs of each community's life. The
development of the city center, which is the center of economic activity, becomes an
attraction for the community, which influences the high flow of labor, both from within
the city itself and from outside, thus causing high urbanization flows.
The high population in the city center requires the fulfillment of the need for
decent housing, primarily to accommodate urbanists whose work is concentrated in the
trade and service sectors in the commercial areas of the city center. The influence of
the population that continues to grow is not balanced by the availability of land, so
many developing cities tend to ignore the basic rules regarding building procurement,
such as the type of space, the quality of materials, the distance between buildings, and
road boundaries. And if we look at the increasing number of residents every year and
changes in the physical environment of the area due to human activities, it can lead to
increasingly dense urban spaces, low-quality buildings, chaotic traffic, lack of
reforestation, frequent flooding, etc (Surtiani, 2016). This causes the condition of the
city to get worse day by day.
Although economic growth has increased due to development, behind it all, the
level of public stress is very high, the lack of comfort and security in people's daily
lives makes the quality of life of the community decline, the number of people who are
sick continues to increase, so the number of people with high quality continues to grow.
Declined, and in the end, the economically developed city suffered a setback in many
ways. The high crime rate is also a problem that must be fixed. An example is the city
of Jakarta, one of the cities with a large population density with a high crime rate.
In addition to the dense population, lack of land, irregular spatial planning, and
high crime rates, other problems need attention, such as natural disasters, which are
one of the factors that cause Indonesian people to flock to find shelter safe from
disasters. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reports that there
have been 2,654 natural disasters that have hit Indonesia from January 1 to October 4,
2022. Based on the type, flooding is still the most frequent natural disaster in Indonesia,
with 1,048 incidents. That number equals to 39.48 percent of the total disaster incidents
until early October this year. Extreme weather is the most common natural disaster in
the following country, with 852 incidents in the same period. They are then, followed
by 469 landslides and 239 forest and land fires. Furthermore, there were also 21
earthquakes and tidal abrasion events each, followed by four drought events. As a result
of the national disaster, 3.02 million people were affected and had to evacuate. While
156 people died, 784 people were injured, and 27 people were missing. The natural
disaster also damaged 30,542 houses, with details of 5,023 heavily damaged, 5,321
moderately damaged, and 20,198 lightly damaged. Not only that, as many as 856 public
facilities were also reported to have been injured, including 474 damaged educational
facilities, 307 damaged worship facilities, and 75 damaged health facilities.
Based on this, the author has an idea, namely to build an underground city
designed for land consolidation and reconstruct disaster-resistant city infrastructure and
spatial planning with the concept of an intelligent area by integrating the most modern
technology. By leveraging existing technology, expected to optimize the efficiency of
city operations and services connected to the community, this innovative area
technology allows city officials to interact directly with the community and city
infrastructure, as well as monitor what is happening in the city and how the city is
developing. The underground town, with this smart area concept, was also designed to
manage urban flows and enable real-time response. And because of that, he created this
futuristic underground city, better equipped to respond to challenges than a
conventional city with a transactional relationship with its citizens.
CONCLUSION
The city is a network of human life which is characterized by a dense population
concentration, while the urban area is an area as a place for urban settlements,
centralization and distribution of government services, social services and economic
activities. The high population in the city center requires the fulfillment of the need for
decent housing, especially to accommodate urbanists whose work is concentrated in
the trade and service sectors in the commercial areas in the city center. Thus, to solve
this problem the author has the idea of building an underground city designed for land
consolidation, and reconstructing disaster-resistant urban infrastructure and spatial
planning with the concept of a smart area by integrating the most modern technology.
Today's Smart Cities have been invented all over the world and defined by the
use of innovative communication technologies that are used to optimize resource use,
increase cost efficiency, save energy, improve transportation systems, and monitor and
manage the infrastructure that keeps cities running smoothly. Modern smart city
technologies help reduce environmental impact and make city life easier and more
efficient while offering residents a better quality of life. Smart cities in general are
currently experiencing various developments in their innovations. One of them is by
implementing the Underground Smart City.
Underground Smart City focuses on futuristic city concepts based on the
application of underground smart city defense technology based on world security
procedures through smart urban area management and striving for a sustainable
environment in order to create the goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Underground Smart City based on defense and security technology will be a solution,
especially for countries that have a high population growth rate, disaster-prone areas,
and have a limited area. This solution can be implemented into a smart urban area and
based on a sustainable environment if it can be managed optimally and appropriately,
both in terms of planning and up to the evaluation stage. Some of the parties involved
in implementing the underground smart city are the Government, the community, the
private sector, and Infrastructure Engineering and Technology. The steps in
implementing the program include preparation, planning, testing, socialization, and
monitoring and evaluation. In addition, to be able to realize the idea, a clear and detailed
timeline is needed so that efforts to implement Underground Smart City can be
achieved properly.
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