Study of Open Space Utilization in Pekanbaru City, Riau Province

Mira Haﬁzhah T., Febby Asteriani, Danel Teguh P., Mardianto, Angelina Rulan S.

Departement of Urban and regional Planning, Universitas Islam Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia

Keywords:

City, Open Space, Public Area, Utilization.

Abstract:

Public open space is a necessity for residents of Pekanbaru City and other big cities, with a variety of

communities and residents of Pekanbaru City certainly need public open space that is suitable for their

community needs, such as gathering, sports, recreation and so on. In addition to making the city neat, beautiful,

beautiful, this also serves as a support for the city community to feel comfortable in their city, creating a happy,

healthy, intelligent and active society. The purpose of study to know utilization of open space in pekanbaru

city ecspesialy in MTQ area,Pekanbaru city park, urban forest andPlaza in the Great Mosque of An-Nur, The

analysis technique used qualitative descriptive analysis.The result of questionnaire and interviewisOpen spaces

in the city of Pekanbaru are used by visitors as a place to exercise, playground, recreation in distributing talents

or hobbies, trading and there are also those who use it as a culinary or snacking place that traders provide

around the location of public open spaces. Most of the public or visitors to public open space use public

open space as a place to exercise. The condition of public open space is generally good, comfortable, and

management is quite good. However, public open space facilities that still do not meet the needs of visitors,

the condition of the facility also needs to be paid more attention, visitors prefer the location of public open

spaces that are not far from where they live.

1 INTRODUCTION

Public open space is a necessity for residents of

Pekanbaru City and other big cities, with a variety

of communities and residents of Pekanbaru City

certainly need public open space that is suitable for

their community needs, such as gathering, sports,

recreation and so on. In addition to making the city

neat, beautiful, beautiful, this also serves as a support

for the city community to feel comfortable in their

city, creating a happy, healthy, intelligent and active

society(Pekanbaru, ; Budihardjo and Sujarto, 1999;

Budihardjo, 2011).

The public open space needed by the people

of Pekanbaru City is certainly a public open space

equipped with supporting facilities or infrastructure

in accordance with the function of the public open

space.Public open spaces in Pekanbaru City are

spread in several Subdistricts in Pekanbaru City,

while public open spaces in the urban scale in

Pekanbaru City are full MTQ areas in Bukit Raya

District, MTQ Park at Ariﬁn Ahmad Road Crossing

in Marpoyan Damai District, Polytechnic Playground

Caltex Riau in Rumbai District, Bandar Lake

Kayangan Lembah Sari in Rumbai Pesisir District,

Main Riau Stadium Area in Tampan Subdistrict,

Urban Forest in Sail District, City Park, Plaza in the

Great Mosque of An-Nur, CFD on Diponogoro street

in Pekanbaru (Kuntjojo, 2009; Mulyandari, ; Woolley,

2003).

2 LITERATURE REVIEW

Open space can be interpreted as undeveloped land

or an environmental area designated as parks, roads,

and natural destinations such as agricultural areas.

(Mulyandari, ; Schmitt, 2004; Agboola et al.,

2017).Public open space in Permendagri Number 1

of 2007 concerning structuring green open spaces in

urban areas, is spaces in a city or wider area, both in

the form of area / area and in the form of elongated

areas / lanes where the use is more open which is

basically without buildings.

3 RESEARCH METHODS

The research approach used in this study is

the inductive approach, starting from the desire of

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Haﬁzhah T., M., Asteriani, F., Mardianto, . and Rulan S., A.

Study of Open Space Utilization in Pekanbaru City, Riau Province.

DOI: 10.5220/0009149101820187

In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology (ICoSET 2019), pages 182-187

ISBN: 978-989-758-463-3

researchers to give meaning to observational data in

the form of empirical generation (initial categories,

assumptions, then become a theory)(Kuntjojo, 2009;

MacDonald et al., 2009; Ishii et al., 2010).

The purpose of this study utilization open space in

Pekanbaru City. The scope of the area in this study is

the administrative area of Pekanbaru City consisting

of several open space in Pekanbaru, this are has been

chosen based on most activity community.

• MTQ areas in Bukit Raya District,

• Pekanbaru City Park,

• Urban Forest,

• Plaza in the Great Mosque of An-Nur,

To ﬁnd out the utilization of public open

space in the city of Pekanbaru can be used

qualitative descriptive analysis, in which this

qualitative descriptive analysis will explain the theory

descriptively about the utilization or function of

public open space, this analysis is used to be able to

see the direction of regional public open space, the

activity tendency will be carried out to analyze the use

of land around the public open space. It is also done

by distributing questionnaires in public open spaces

that are semi-open

The sampling technique in this study uses a

selected sample (Non Probality sample), because

the population studied is inﬁnite (Population whose

number and identity of members is unknown).

The method of sampling is done using accidental

sampling. The method of taking accidental sampling

is taken on the basis of if only, without being planned

in advance, also the desired number of samples is not

based on considerations that can be justiﬁed, provided

they meet the needs. The conclusions obtained are

only crude and temporary. In research it can happen

to obtain samples that are not planned in advance, but

by chance, that is the unit or subject is available to

researchers when data collection is done. The process

of obtaining this kind of sample is called accidental

sampling (Kuntjojo, 2009).

From the sampling technique researchers

conducted questionnaires on weekdays and on

holidays. On weekdays the time chosen is 2 days

between Monday and Friday, and on holidays on

Saturdays and Sundays. Special Car free Day is only

done one day, namely on Sunday because this activity

is only done once a week. So the number of samples

obtained in each public open space can be seen in the

following table :

Table 1: Respondent Public Open Space in Pekanbaru

No Public Open Space

Kuesioner

interview

Work day Holiday Result

1 MTQ 10 20 30 12

2 Pekanbaru

City Park

7 16 23 16

3 Urban Forest 8 10 18 9

4 Plaza in the

Great Mosque

of An-Nur,

9 16 25 17

Result 34 62 96 54

4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Utilization Open Space in

Pekanbaru

4.1.1 MTQ Area

Pekanbaru’s MTQ full area is one of the public open

spaces in Pekanbaru City, this area is located on

Sudirman street, the Full Zone of MTQ is located

on Jendral Sudirman street which is the road of

Pekanbaru City Protocol. To reach this location

very easily, visitors can use private vehicles such as

bicycles, motorbikes or cars. In addition, visitors

can also use city transportation, the MTQ full area is

passed by several city transportation such as Angkot,

City Bus, and TransmetroPekanbaru.this area has

quite extensive land, the total area of this area is

around 15 hectares. The facilities are quite complete,

such as seating, lighting, garden houses, trash bins

and other supporting facilities. The Full Zone of

MTQ has land as a place for citizens to exercise,

create play, gather and so on. However, activities

in the currently reduced MTQ area can be seen at

this time visitors of this region are decreasing. The

existence of land conversion in some areas, this

area has quite extensive land, the total area of this

area is around 15 hectares. The facilities are quite

complete, such as seating, lighting, garden houses,

trash bins and other supporting facilities. The Full

Zone of MTQ has land as a place for citizens to

exercise, create play, gather and so on. However,

activities in the currently reduced MTQ area can be

seen at this time visitors of this region are decreasing.

The existence of land conversion in some areas.

The MTQ area is one of the public open spaces

in the city of Pekanbaru, with its strategic location,

the area is crowded with residents of Pekanbaru

City in the evening and at night, as seen from the

answers of 30 public visitors to the open space

questionnaire (60%) when visiting more often done

in the afternoon and (40%) make visits at night. with

a wide area, this MTQ area is often held art events,

expo music concerts and other events, in the MTQ

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Figure 1: MTQ Area

area there are various kinds of traditional houses in

various regencies in Riau Province. In addition to

art performances, Pekanbaru residents often use the

MTQ area as a place of recreation (33%), socialize

(23%) and do sports activities (27%) in this place such

as playing football, and so on. At night the MTQ

area was made into the city of Pekanbaru as a culinary

tourist spot (17%), such as grilling corn, bananas and

various kinds of food sold by traders in the MTQ area.

4.1.2 Pekanbaru City Park

Pekanbaru City Park is located in a very strategic

area that is in the city of Pekanbaru precisely

on Diponogoro street in Pekanbaru Subdistrict,

transportation modes that can be used towards this

area visitors can use Transmetro Pekanbaru or

personal vehicles. Pekanbaru city park has an area

of 2.3 hectares. This city park is equipped with quite

good facilities such as lounge benches, swimming

pools, various children’s games and several types of

plants and ﬂowers that make this garden beautiful,

besides these facilities in the city park also provides

bicycle rental and selling various kinds of food and

drinks.

Figure 2: Pekanbaru City Park

Pekanbaru City Park, located on Diponogoro

street, is one of the public parks that can be utilized

by Pekanbaru City residents, the city park serves

as a provider of oxygen or an area that provides

healthy air amidst pollution in Pekanbaru City. Of

the 23 questionnaires distributed in the City Park,

visitors said visitors used the City Park as a place

of recreation (43%), sports (13%), socializing, and

gathering places for Pekanbaru City residents (26%).

Visitors who often come to city parks (26%), rarely

(52%), are very rare (22%). Visit times are often

carried out in the morning (4%), during the day

(26%), in the afternoon (70%).

4.1.3 Urban Forest

Pekanbaru City Forest is located in Sail District,

Sukamaju Village, Pekanbaru, precisely on

Diponegoro street.Access to the city forest visitors

can use private vehicles such as motorbikes or cars.

Visitors can also use the Transmetro Pekanbaru

public vehicle that passes Diponogoro street, after

which visitors walk a little to the urban forest

area.Urban forest is one of the lungs of the city of

Pekanbaru, the city forest in the Sail District has

a variety of plants, and has facilities that are quite

good, but still not maintained in the assessment of the

overall forest of Pekanbaru City can be categorized

quite well.

Figure 3: Urban Forest

Urban forest is a land in the middle of the

city which is left to be planted perennials or trees

that grow in the middle of the city or on the

outskirts of urban settlements. Urban forest located

in Sail Subdistrict is very large or very important

role for Pekanbaru City, this urban forest serves

as a counterweight to human ecology in various

ways such as air cleanliness, availability of ground

water, sun protection, animal life in the city, and

also as recreation place for the people of Pekanbaru

City. In addition to these main functions, there

were 18 respondents from the City Forest Zone

said that visitors used urban forest as a place of

recreation (28%), and often used as a photographer

and model talent channel for photography activities

(44%), sports (11% ), socializing (17%). The time

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Figure 4: Plaza in the Great Mosque of An-Nur

of visit is often done in the morning (6%), during the

day (6%) in the afternoon (88%). The following is an

illustration of the use of urban forests by the people

of Pekanbaru City.

4.1.4 Plaza in the Great Mosque of An-Nur

Pekanbaru Great An-nur Mosque is the largest place

of worship in Pekanbaru City, the mosque was built

in 1963 and completed in 1968 and carried out a total

renovation in 2000, the Great Annur mosque has a

plaza that is wide enough to be used as an open space

public by the people of Pekanbaru City.In addition to

private vehicles, transportation that can be used by

visitors to go to the Great Mosque of Annur is City

transportation or Transmetro Pekanbaru which passes

through the great annur mosque.

The Great Mosque of Annur has an area of about

12.6 hectares, with the land area providing ﬂexibility

for the provision of open land for the public of

Pekanbaru including the green park area and large

parking area.The existing conditions of the Plaza

located in the Great Mosque area of Annur is quite

good, this area has a ﬁeld to play, creativity, track to

run, large parking, RTH is quite good. In addition,

the Great Mosque of Annur is equipped with various

educational facilities ranging from the Playgroup to

High School and also has a library and meeting hall.

The Great Mosque of Annur Pekanbaru is the

grandest Muslim house of worship in the city of

Pekanbaru, with an area of about 12.6 hectares

of this mosque area having educational facilities,

ranging from preschool, kindergarten, elementary

school, junior high school to high school level. place

of worship. The Great Mosque of Annur has a

very large plaza, from the respondents who got 25

people in the Mesjid Agung plaza, in the plaza this

mosque residents of Pekanbaru use as a place to play,

recreation (12%), exercise (76%), socialize (12% )

and others. Visitors who often come to this place

(40%) are rare (32%), and very rare (28%). The time

of visit is often done in the morning (4%), during the

day (4%), in the afternoon (88%).

To further ﬁnd out the use of public open space in

the city of Pekanbaru can be seen from the results of

interviews with visitors to public open spaces. Based

on the results of interviews, visitors can be seen in the

following table 2.

5 CONCLUSION

MTQ full visitors rarely go to this location, the time of

visit is more often done in the afternoon and evening,

but more visitors visit in the afternoon. The full

condition of MTQ is good, visitors are comfortable in

this location, management of MTQ area is quite good,

except that facilities in the MTQ area do not meet the

needs of users of public open space, the cleanliness of

this park is still lacking, MTQ is very strategic, access

to easy locations reachable. Visitor advice on the

Government so that facilities at the location of public

open spaces are equipped according to the needs of

visitors.

City Parks are often visited in the afternoon

with the aim of exercising, gathering and recreation,

visitors who come to this place live not far from the

location of city parks, facilities in the city park are

still incomplete and in poor condition, the cleanliness

of city parks is not maintained Access to the city park

is easy, the city park is located in a very strategic

location in the city center. Suggestions for visitors

to the government and managers to complete and

improve urban park facilities to be better and more

comfortable to visit.

Respondents obtained said that they rarely came

to the location of the urban forest, and visitors came

in the afternoon with the aim of sports, recreation of

talent / hobby distribution, visitors felt comfortable

being in the location of urban forests, management

of urban forests was quite good, but facilities at

this location were still lacking complete, city forest

cleanliness is not well maintained, access to city

forests is easy. Most of the visitors come to use

personal vehicles at a distance from the house not so

far to the city forest. Suggestions for the Government

to improve and equip facilities at the location of urban

forests and maintain cleanliness in the location of city

parks.

The Great Mosque of Annur Plaza is visited in the

afternoon with the aim of sports, recreation, gathering

and socializing, the condition of the Great Mosque of

Annur plasa is good, and cleanliness in the plasa area

is very well maintained. Access to easy locations,

most visitors come to the location using personal

vehicles. advice the end to the management and the

government so that the facilities in the plaza of the

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Table 2: Interview Visitors to Open Public Spaces in Pekanbaru City

No Open Spaces Result

1 MTQ Area 1. Visitors are more likely to go to the location in the afternoon and evening.

2. The purpose of visitors in the afternoon is to exercise around public open

spaces, play, recreation, gather with communities such as photography lovers,

skateboarding and those who intentionally come only to enjoy snacks sold by

traders in the MTQ area.

3. The purpose of visitors at night in general is to enjoy culinary sales by traders

in MTQ areas such as roasted corn, roasted bananas, satay and etc. And on

certain nights the MTQ area is a place for performing arts such as music concerts,

expo events and other events.

4. Riau Town Square Development Activities that are not clear about the

development disturbs visitors’ comfort.

5. Public open space facilities are still lacking, such as seating, garden houses

and other supporting facilities.

6. MTQ Area Cleanliness needs to be improved.

7. Strategic MTQ area in the city center and access to the area is quite easy,

traversed by city

transportation and trans metro pekanbaru.

8. Many visitors come to use personal vehicles such as motorbikes and cars.

9. The reason visitors choose this MTQ area is because it is close to where they

live.

10. Visitor suggestions to the government to complete and improve public open

space facilities in the MTQ area, so that the MTQ area can be utilized optimally

2 Pekanbaru City Park 1. City parks are often visited in the afternoon and evening.

2. The purpose of visitors to this place is to play, recreation, relax and gather.

3. Visitors feel comfortable in the city park.

4. City park facilities are still incomplete and in poor condition.

5. Cleanliness in city parks is still lacking

6. Access to the location is very easy and the location is very strategically located

in the city center.

7. Visitors who come to the location use personal vehicles

8. Many visitors who come to this location because the city park is a comfortable

place for recreation and close to where to live.

9. Hope for the government to complete facilities and further improve the

condition of the facilities and cleanliness of city park

3 Urban forest 1. Visitors visit the urban forest more often during the day and evening.

2. The visitor’s destination comes to the forest city for recreation, enjoying the

fresh air of the city forest, gathering with friends and those who come to take

pictures.

3. The city forest is very comfortable with fresh air, but the cleanliness in the

city forest is still lacking so that it disturbs the comfort of visitors.

4. Facilities are still lacking with unfavorable conditions.

5. Visitors come using motorbikes and cars.

6. Many visitors come to the city forest because it is not far from where they

live.

7. Hope for the government to be installed or repaired by existing facilities such

as seats, trash bins and roads in the urban forest to make it more comfortable.

4 Plaza in the Great

Mosque of Annur

1. When visitors come to the plaza of the Great Mosque of Annur in the

afternoon.

2. The purpose of visitors in general is to exercise and play.

3. The Great Mosque of Annur Mosque is very comfortable

4. Cleanliness is very awake.

5. Facilities at this plaza are still not as comfortable as seating.

6. Access to the Great Mosque of Annur Plaza is very easy.

7. Visitors come to the location using personal vehicles.

8. Visitors come to the location because this location is not far from where

visitors live.

9. Suggestions to the government are to complete the facilities and add greenery

to the location of the park to make it more comfortable.

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Great Mosque of Annur are complete.

Overall, the condition of public open space

in Pekanbaru City is good but that needs to be

considered again, namely the completeness and

maintenance of facilities in public open spaces. In

spatial planning, open space in the city of Pekanbaru

is still very lacking to meet the needs of the city of

Pekanbaru.

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