Open AccessAnalysis of open spaces in flood-prone areas in small-medium cities: a Case study of Palangkaraya City
Author(s) -
Indrawan Permana,
Yetrie Ludang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/473/1/012145
Subject(s) - flood myth , geography , human settlement , population , space (punctuation) , archaeology , computer science , demography , sociology , operating system
City open space is an open space within a city, commonly used for parks, green spaces, and other open areas. The landscape of the city’s open space can range from playing fields to highly maintained environments to relatively natural landscapes. In Palangkaraya city, there are many vacant open spaces located in flood-prone areas near a river stream. It has a significant function for the city environment, however, most of them are occupied illegally for settlements. Palangkaraya city is a small-medium city located in Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The city is surrounded by forest 285,349.28 hectares while the size of the city itself is 168,000 hectares with a population of 376,647 people. According to Burgess, a small-medium city is a city with a population of more than 100,000 people but a little bit less than the minimum number of the population categorized as a medium city which is 500,000 people. The use of the vacant open spaces in flood-prone areas in such a small-medium city like Palangkaraya city is mainly for environmental function. This research will measure scientifically the use of the vacant open spaces in flood-prone areas for environmental function, hence city policy on the development of city open spaces can be formulated to increase benefits from the existence of city open spaces within a small-medium city.