Ornamental or tree-filled City Park? A community preference for Sustainable City of Palangka Raya, Indonesia

Abstract

City Park planning often focuses primarily on the benefits of ecosystem services. Seldom does the study of community preferences become the main focus. However, the community are the beneficiaries and service users of a city park. Hence, a sustainable city park’s planning and design have to involve the community. This study aims to investigate the preferences of the public of Pahandut district in Palangka Raya City, Indonesia, toward two city park themes, namely ornamental and tree-filled parks. A total of 159 city park visitors participated in this study as respondents. The results of binary logistic regression showed heterogeneous preferences influenced by socio-demographic characteristics. The findings of this study contribute to the foundation of well-performing and sustainable urban park planning by grounding the preferences of city residents. Community-derived policies are more likely to be sustainable due to the involvement of beneficiaries.