PENGELOLAAN HUTAN KOTA BERKELANJUTAN: TINJAUAN ASPEK TEKNIS, ALAM DAN SOSIAL (Studi di Hutan Kota Srengseng dan Hutan Kota Universitas Indonesia)

Abstract

Abstract
This study was conducted at Srengseng Urban Forest and Universitas Indonesia Urban
Forest, to indentify the structure of the urban forest, its effectiveness in lowering city
temperatures, and to predict the people behavior towards urban forest using the thoery of
planned behavior. The approach which is used in this study is aquantitative approach and
is also supported by qualitative data. The method which is used is observasional field
study and data collected by closed questionnaires and interview techniques. Our study
observes a total of 24sample plots, consisting of 4 plots examples in SrengsengUrban Forest
and 20 sample plotsin Universitas Indonesia Urban Forest. The number of respondents in
total90 people, comprised of 47 respondents in Srengseng Urban Forest and 43 respondents
in Universitas Indonesia Urban Forest. Vegetation analysis implementedby observing the
condition of the stands includes plant species,diameter, and height of plants ranging from
seedling stotrees. It’s continued by an analysis of the diversity, distribution, and dominance
of vegetation using theShannon diversity index, dominance index, and the important value
index. The results of the vegetation analysis shows that Universitas Indonesia Urban
Forest has a higher diversity of vegetation t han in Srengseng Urban Forest. The relationship
between the technical aspects which is density and the natural aspects which are the
temperature showed that temperature is related to density. The analysis of the social
aspects describe that respondents have a good perception of the urban forest although the
behavior seems inconsistent withhis perception. Statistical test results showed that the
behavior of the respondents are influenced by subjective norms that existin their community.