PERAN HUTAN KOTA TERHADAP KESEJAHTERAAN SUBYEKTIF PENDUDUK PERKOTAAN +62814KASUS HUTAN KOTA SRENGSENG DI KOTA ADMINISTRASI JAKARTA BARAT

• Main Authors: , Febriana Triasnani, , Prof. Ir. Bakti Setiawan, M.A.,Ph.D.
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2014
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/133985/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=74919
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

The concept of subjective well-being is one the important concepts that can be used to describe the level of human quality of life. The objective measurement of well-being has long been used to measure quality of life at national or community level, although so recent studies show that using an objective indicator alone is not enough to describe the human�s quality of life as it is,especially at individual level. While investigation on factors responsible for the variability of subjective well-being has been mostly done on psychological and social domains, the information on how individual spatial aspects or the location where a person live related to subjective well-being is not very well understood. On the other hand, the existence of Urban Forest in an urban environment nowadays is considered to potential to increase subjective well-being of urban residents. Ease of access to Urban Forest from the location where someone lives is another important key to maximalization or Urban Forest utilization besides its distribution and allocation of the area. Therefore, it is important to examine how ease of access to Urban Forest may contibute to the subjective well-being level at individual level. This is the main focus of the research. The main research question is � Is there any relationship between the ease of access to Srengseng Urban Forest, the level of Urban Forest utilization and the subjective wellbeing of urban communiteis mainly living around the Urban Forest ?� The research employed an deductive-quantitative technique to answer the question. Data was collected using questionairre and field observation. There are 148 respondents consists of 81 urban forest visitor and 67 non visitor who are willing to fill out the questionairre. Questionairres were distributed inside the area of Srengseng Urban Forest and also using online questionnaire to gather evaluations from non visitor respondents. All data is analyzed quantitatively using statistical computer software using appropriate statistical tests to answer each sub research questions. Since subjective well-being is a relatively broad concept, the research is limited to 4 (four) aspects of life domains,namely subjective physical health status and change, perceived social relationship, nature connectedness and happiness, all at individual level. Measurement tools with high reliability and validity is used to measure individual subjective well-being. Analysis shows that ease of access to urban forest is positively associated with physical health conditions, changes in physical health and happiness levels. In addition, the behavior pattern of visitation to urban forest also shown to be associated positively with physical health conditions and physical health conditions change. Analysis of dominant factors indicate that the factors influence the variability in subjective well-being the most is the demographic factors and behavioral factors in visiting urban forest. The conclusion from this study is that the proximity of the location of one's home to the urban forest is a key factor in maximizing the utilization of urban forest through visits, which in turn will have a positive impact on the level of individual subjective well-being . In connection with this, the local government intervention in urban spatial arrangements that can facilitate easy access to nearest urban forest or to minimize the distance to nearest urban forest is highly recommended.