The Software-Hardware of EWS-USD (Early Warning System-Urban Social Disaster)

Abstract

This paper explores the software-hardware of EWS-USD (Early Warning System-Urban Social Disaster). The tools are developed to sustain the city, regarding to the Agenda 21. The background of research is related to the vulnerability of cities in Indonesia, especially in the city of Solo. Previous research has found the formula of EWS-USD, the main elements of USD, the trigger factors of USD, and the types of city spaces that are prone to USD, as well as alternative of USD treatment. Furthermore, in order to deepen the study of USD, the research focuses on the development of EWS-USD tools, a kind of city level stethoscope. The main finding of this research is the software-hardware of EWSUSD. The software covers the system and application of formula EWS-USD, while the hardware covers the IPO (Input- Process-Output) of formula EWS-USD, such as PC, LCD, worksheet; workstation and networking. Substantively, these tools can show the power of social stress in real time, which is shown in the range number of 1-9. This is the result number of three sums of EWS-USD variables, namely: Index of Economic Disparity (IED), Index of Leadership Crisis (ILC), and Index of Hypocrite Culture (IHC). The power of social stress (catharsis) could be written as: Y=3(IED+ILC+IHC); while the USD could be written as USD=Y+ETD. This study uses a rationalistic paradigm, while the research method uses historical-interpretative and experimental-laboratory. The main purpose of this research is to assist the local government and institutions of disaster, such as BPBD (Regional Disaster Management Agency) and BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency). The tools of EWS-USD can help in overcoming the social disaster of the city, with a strategy focusing on prevention scopes. With this effort, it is expected that the global agenda of the city (Agenda 21), namely sustainable city, becomes easier to be implemented.