Agus Supriono, Creator of renowned Kampung Iklim Merbabu Asih
The
sun shines brightly, welcoming us to famously called “shrimp city”, Cirebon.
Located on the upper part of West-Java, bounded by the sea has made city’s
temperature quite high. Cirebon is said to be one of the pronest city to
drought. In 2015 nearly 14.000 ha ricefield had experienced drought. However, when
it starts to rain some parts of the city are also vulnerable to flood. Therefore,
environmentally concious planning should be done to overcome these challenges.
A neighborhood located in central area of Cirebon city had applied
environmentally concious management planning since 2008.