Analysis of Green Open Space Needs Based on Oxygen Needs Approach in Palembang City

Abstract

The city of Palembang has experienced quite rapid urban growth in the last decade, which has resulted in a reduction in green open spaces that function as oxygen producers. The Central Statistics Agency noted that the population density in the capital city of South Sumatra Province reached 4,317 people per km². This study aims to obtain information on the distribution of green open spaces available in the city of Palembang at present, to obtain the area of green open spaces needed to meet the oxygen needs of residents and livestock in the city of Palembang, and to obtain a comparison of the need for green open spaces based on oxygen needs with the available green open spaces, so that the area of green open spaces that are still lacking in each sub-district can be identified. The results of the identification of the availability of green open spaces and the results of the calculation of the area of green open spaces needed to meet the oxygen needs of residents and livestock, then the status of green open spaces can be known from each sub-district in Palembang City, where 5 sub-districts still lack green open spaces, these sub-districts are located in the central part of Palembang City, namely Bukit Kecil, Ilir Barat II, Ilir Timur I, Kemuning, and Seberang Ulu I Sub-districts, while the other 13 sub-districts already have sufficient green open spaces.