The evaluation of green open space of disaster prone coastal areas

Abstract

Abstract The utilization of Green Open Space (GOS) is one of the aspects of urban environment that has an important value to the human life in urban areas considering its function in providing benefits ecologically, socially, culturally, aesthetically, and economically. An aappropriate utilization aims to improve the quality and quantity of green space, especially in the coastal areas, the use of green space is interesting to study because most of the land planned as green space is considered as a potential land and tends to be often misused on its use. This study aims to identify the existing land use andevaluate the use of GOS to increase the potential development of GOS utilization in coastal areas in Banda Aceh as stipulated in the Regional Spatial Plan (RSP) of Banda Aceh. The evaluation starts from analyzing the existing land use of GOS that has been determined in the SRP of Banda Aceh City through the processing of satellite images in 2016 by using the geospatial information systems application as an analytical aid. The image illustrates the existing land use conditions. The outcome obtained indicates that there is a change in the function of GOS that has been designated as a residential area and trade and services as well as the utilization of GOS that is not optimal yet. The results are expected to be a reference in optimizing the use of green open space in disaster-prone coastal areas in the city of Banda Aceh.