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.