Urban Green Space Development Strategy–Reconverting Gas Station To Public Parks In The City Of Surabaya, Indonesia

Authors

  • Valid Hasyimi King Abdulaziz University
  • Djoko Santoso Abi Suroso Regional and Rural Planning, School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development, ITB.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24273/jgeet.2017.2.2.306

Keywords:

Reconversion, Gas Station, Urban Green Space, Policy

Abstract

Urban Green Space Development has become a challenging task for city governments especially in Indonesia, due to high prices of land around urban centers. On the other hand, there are inconsistencies between land use and land allocation within the city planning. In Surabaya City, quite a lot of gas stations were built on areas which are originally intended for green open spaces. Surabaya City Municipality is strongly committed to reconvert Gas Station Areas to green open spaces as determined in the plan. Innovative strategies have enabled the city government to reconvert 13 gas stations to public parks. This paper analyzes the implementation process of the Urban Green Space Reconversion Policy, describing the historical details of the issues, the  taking over of land from gas station owners, and the park development and campaigning. Discussion also includes the most influential factors in this success story.

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Author Biography

Valid Hasyimi, King Abdulaziz University

Valid Hasyimi is a Master Student at Department of Urban and Regional Planning, King Abdulaziz University, KSA. He received bachelor degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. His expertise about climate change and sustainable development, led him to join research with Korea University, focusing on the Low Carbon City development in 2012. In that project, he conducted case study about Low Carbon City projects in Southeast Asia. He also joined some researches about public open spaces in Surabaya and slums redevelopment strategy in Jakarta. He invited to be speaker in about Indonesia Zero Carbon Summit 2013. It’s annual national conference in Indonesia which he presented his research about the innovative strategy to develop and maintenance urban green spaces in Surabaya City.

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Published

2017-06-01

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): JGEET Vol 02 No 02 : June (2017)

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