Open AccessThe utilization of the railway side as children’s public space (the case study of Patukan Station, Gamping, Sleman, D.I Yogyakarta)
Author(s) -
Lintang Suminar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012010
Subject(s) - accidental sampling , space (punctuation) , government (linguistics) , public space , accidental , public relations , business , sociology , political science , engineering , computer science , architectural engineering , population , linguistics , philosophy , physics , demography , acoustics , operating system
The existence of public space, as space for people to socialize and spend their leisure time, is an important thing to be paid attention to in urban planning. However, the lack of urban public space, especially for children, makes some places turned into public space illegally by the community. This study aims to explain the utilization of the railway side as children’s public space, as well as the impact caused.The location of the research is along the railway sideofPatukan Station. This research is using the qualitative method. The sampling technique used is an accidental sampling.The research was done through observation to see characteristics of the space, kinds of activities, the doers, also interview toward the visitors and merchants. The result of this study shows that the utilization of the railway side could attract the community to come regularly to do some activities. Meanwhile, there are some limitations to the railway side as an illegal children’s public space. The communities remain uncomfortable and realized that they need proper public space that is more organized and managed legally by the government or other competent sectors. They are expected to provide children public space which can be easily accessed by society.