INDUSTRY.co.id - The development of new cities continues to be needed. However, it is not enough built in infrastructure needs a complete concept that makes the city smart or smart city.
Unfortunately, according to Chairman and Founder of PT Jababeka Tbk Setyono Djuandi Darmono, often the concept of smart city is just a marketing gimmick is not a smart city in the real sense.
"Smart city is initially just a marketing gimmick, because the world's business climate has changed driven by the emergence of many online industry players," said Darmono when delivering a presentation in a day seminar with the theme "Smart City Smart Region, New And Big Business Opportunities" at Hotel Mulia, Jakarta, Friday (5/19/2017).
Darmono warned, if cities are not ready to turn into smart city, there will be economic downturn as well as the decline in the business of shopping centers.
"The real example is the change of shopping mall, they must be prepared to change because so advanced online business," said Darmono.
According to Darmono, with the rapid number of population growth, the construction of new cities is also needed.
"For Indonesia, with a population of 250 million people, 500 new cities are needed, and Jababeka has been asked by the government to build 100 cities," Darmono said.
Darmono revealed that one of the smart cities that Jababeka has built is Cikarang.
"In the past, 28 years ago we started to build Cikarang with only 500 hectares, from a place known as 'jinn waste place' now has become a fast city with industrial area, shopping mall, golf course, medical center, which covers almost 50.000 Hectares.
The rapid growth of Cikarang, according to Darmono, can be emulated by other cities, who want to apply the concept of smart city.
