Citizens' Perception and Preference on Urban Forest in Bogor Municipality, Indonesia

Abstract

It has been five years since our previous study (Gunawan and Yoshida, 1994). The citizens of Bogor had asked that several areas should be protected from development and kept as green open spaces for recreational activities. This current research was conducted to study public perception and preference of the current condition of green open spaces, especially on the urban forests in Bogor. The citizens were asked to perceptually evaluate the current condition of the city and consider the location of the urban forests by plotting the respective areas on the aerial photograph of Bogor. Preferred locations for urban forests are along the side of the rivers Ciliwung and Cisadane. within congested commercial areas that suffer from traffic, and in high-density settlements. Those are the issues I will discuss in this paper.

前回の報告(Gunawan and Yoshida, 1994)ではボゴール市の市民はいくつかの地域がレクリエーション活動のために緑地として開発から保護されるよう求めていることについて述べた.今回は, ボゴール市における最近の緑地状況, 特に都市林に対する市民の認識と選好について調査を行った.調査では市民に対して, 最近のボゴール市の都市環境についての評価と, 都市林の望ましい位置についての空中写真へのプロットを依頼した.その結果, 都市林の位置として, 交通頻繁な商業地と住居密集地を含んだ, チリウン川およびシサダン川に沿った地域が指摘された.