Decision Support Model for Selection of Location Urban Green Public Open Space

Abstract

Traditional methods for managing green public open space in a city are to provide and conduct public forums and meetings. However, this approach has a limitation due to high mobility of key and important people in the community. A decision support system utilizing spatial science of green public open space emerges as another approach that will bediscussed here, in particular by Participatory Web Based Geographic Information System Software (WebGIS). The aim of this research is to utilize WebGIS as the primary tools for planning and decision-making green open space management. The case study presented in the paper is WebGIS Decision Support preliminary model for Samarinda city - East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Multicriteria Decision Analysis – Analytical Hierarchy Process/AHP tools were used to produce the model. The preliminary result indicated that Citra Niaga is the most suitable for green public open space in Samarinda. In Summary, AHP tools can beused as an alternative to conventional method for decision support of space management.