Community Perception of Effectiveness Climate Village Program Implementation in Overcoming Flood Problems in Surabaya City

Abstract

Surabaya city as the second  metropolitan city cannot be separated from flood disaster. According  to  verification  team  PROKLIM  Lestari 2022, Surabaya is one of the cities designated as a role model for other villages. The appointment of Surabaya city as a role model is not in line with the occurrence of the flood disaster. Studies need to be carried out to measure the effectiveness level of the program. This study aims to measure community perceptions in assessing the effectiveness level of Climate Village Program to overcome the flooding problem in Surabaya using PLS-SEM method. The object of the research is people who felt the effects of flooding in Surabaya. This study uses public perceptions as exogenous variables, while the endogenous variables used were the level of effectiveness and  the implementation of PROKLIM. The results showed that the variable of public perception had an effect on the effectiveness and variable effectiveness had an effect on the PROKLIM implementation. So, it can be concluded that the government as a policy maker must always pay attention to the effectiveness of sustainability programs and the community can provide positive evaluations, program can run well, and the flood disaster can resolve.