The Impact of Makassar - Parepare Railroad Development Towards the Community of Soppeng Riaja District, Barru Regency
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.211125.048How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Impact; Railroad Development; National Strategic Projects; Makassar - Parepare
- Abstract
The development of the transportation is very compulsory for national development in all regions. The government announced the construction of the Makassar - Parepare railroad which was one of the National Strategic Projects (PSN). The purpose of this research was to determine the impacts and strategies that could be utilized in overcoming the impacts which was arising from the construction of the Makassar - Parepare railroad to the socities of Soppeng Riaja District, Barru Regency. This study designed qualitative methods with descriptive data analysis techniques. Informants in the study were; 1) PPK of South Sulawesi Railway Development, 2) the affected societies, 3) Chairperson of BPD at Ajakkang Village, and 4) Head of Polewali Environment. Data collection techniques were interviews, observation, and documentation. The results showed the construction of the railroad had impacts such as increased community welfare, provide economic benefits for the community, improving rural facilities, reducing social interaction between residents, not contributing significantly, environmental damage in the area of the railroad tracks, social conflict, and reduced rice production. While the strategy that has been carried out by the government is massive socialization and consensus agreement, community and government synergy, as well as river dredging and road improvement.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - CONF AU - S. Jailany Darwis AU - Eva Banowati AU - Fadly Husain PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/26 TI - The Impact of Makassar - Parepare Railroad Development Towards the Community of Soppeng Riaja District, Barru Regency BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Science, Education and Technology (ISET 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 252 EP - 256 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211125.048 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211125.048 ID - Darwis2021 ER -