Analysis of ecological and visual quality impact on urban community activities in Bogor City

Abstract

Bogor City’s implication as a satellite city is directly related to carrying capacity and its influence on environmental quality, specifically ecological and visual quality. Urban communities naturally tend to properly utilize open space in their daily activities, such as in urban park along Ciliwung River riparian. Psychologically, the individual’s environmental situation has more role in influencing a person’s actions than the individual’s characteristics. Therefore, as a socio-cultural function, public space can reflect people’s lives in the city. This study analyses the ecological and visual quality impact on park visitors’ activity in Bogor City to determine that environmental factors can influence community activities. Sempur Park has the highest visual quality value according to respondents’ perceptions. This result is the same as the result of ecological quality that places Sempur Park as the highest diversity index. The high value for these two qualities is in line with the increased activity carried out in the park, which is 41 activities. As a result, the connection between ecological and visual quality shows a strong and positive correlation with the urban park’s amount of activity. This study’s output is recommendations for managing the urban park landscape to increase the level of activities by improving the urban park’s visual and ecological quality.