Policy Networks in Improving the Quality of Meranti Slum Area as an Effort to Realize Sustainable Cities and Settlements in Pekanbaru City
Ahmad Hadi (a*), Hafzana Bedasari (b), Ben Hansel Zebua (c)

Faculty of Social Science and Political Science, University of Riau

Abstract

Efforts to alleviate slums have gained international attention so that slum alleviation has become the 11th point of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely sustainable cities and settlements with the target of ensuring access to decent, safe, affordable housing and basic services, and organizing slums. Based on the Decree of the Mayor of Pekanbaru Number 703 of 2021, the location of housing and slum settlement areas based on the data update of Permen PU No. 14/M/PRT/2018 is 267.76. There are 10 areas spread across 13 urban villages that have slums and slum housing. The Meranti Slum Area with a slum area of 65 Haktar received intervention by being designated as the priority of the Pekanbaru City government in improving the quality of slum areas.The research method used is qualitative, data collection is carried out by observation to obtain empirical data on Meranti slum areas and conducting focus group discussions to obtain information from various actors involved in improving the quality of Meranti Slum Areas. In the principles of triple helix and quadruple helix, the element of society is still a weak party so that mass media support is needed so that the Penta helix emerges consisting of academics, business, government, civil society, and mass media. Cazalda (2017: 27) says that the penta helix is a multi stakeholder consisting of public, private, academia, civil society, and social entrepreneurs.The results showed that the application of policy networks can realize efforts to improve the quality of settlements through active participation, collaborative leadership, and synergy between actors. Collaboration is based on the principles of reciprocity, trust, and participatory decision making. However, the implementation still lacks the involvement of the private sector so that it becomes a challenge in achieving the goal of realizing sustainable cities and settlements

Keywords: Policy Networks, Slums, Sustainable Cities, SDGs

Topic: Sociology