| Summary: | East Semarang District face a very serious problem for flood and rob threat. Rob is
caused by high tide in the sea, while flooding caused by heavy rainfall. Banger river serve to
drain rainwater from East Semarang District towards the sea. To make the Banger Polder
System, structure construction that will be built such as levee on the boundaries of Banger
Polder which have function to protect the Banger Polder from the rob, dam in Banger River
which have function to protect Banger Polder from the rob, Pump Station which have function
to drain the rainwater to the sea (flood protection) and to control the water level in the area of
Bnager Polder, and Water Catchments Zones shaped Retention Pond used as fishpond and as a
buffer when rainfall is high that can cause flooding. In order to develop and maintain the urban
polder hydrology management system and flood protection systems it would require
community participation in the operation and maintenance of polder system.
willingness The purpose of this research was to determine the and ability of
communities to pay the operation and maintenance of polder system. Research locations
focused on Banger Polder Area located at 10 Subdistrict in East Semarang District with the
scope of discussion is to assess the community willingness-ability to pay the operation and
maintenance of polder system. Primary data were collected by Contingent Valuation (CV) sample
survey method with the format of questions in questionnaires is Closed ended referendum
elicitation format (Bidding game format), or closed questions by providing an alternative of
answers choice. Community willingness to pay the operational and maintenance polder can be
described by maximal cost that have been paid by community in handling flood. Community
ability to pay in Polder operational and maintenance can be showed as a relation between total
income and maximal ability of community to finance the Polder operational and maintenance.
Result of data analysis showed that 87% community is categorized as community that
is able to paid, and 12.67% community that is categorized as community that isn�t able to pay
the operational maintenance of polder. Result of data analysis showed that 81.33%
communities are categorized as community that is willing to pay, and 18.67% communities are
categorized as community that isn�t willing to pay the operational and maintenance of polder.
Result of data analysis showed that 72% communities are categorized as community that is
willing and able to pay. Income levels, ownership of estate, and ownership of building that is
the representation of communities ability can be used as decision variable in estimate the
amount of community willingness to pay in operational and maintenance of Banger polder as
the participatory rates , fair, equitable, and independent which is expected sustainable.
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