Measuring Service Capacity of Public Facilities Based on Supply Aspect (Case Study: Elementary School in Malang City)

Abstract

Public facilities have various types and functions to support community activities. Provision of public facilities in Indonesia is carried out on the base of population size and spatial approach, which for the development of new facilities used the scale and capacity of services analysis on related facility. This study carried out the capacity of services measurement related to the elementary school in the Malang City based on supply aspect, which mean school locations and numbers. In general, the measurement was done with the administrative boundary as analysis units but grid/cell approach were used to obtain accurate results. Based on the analysis result, service capacity of elementary school in the Malang City defined by the administrative boundary approach was 560.82% but when using grid/cell approach the value defined on 271.95%. It is means that people in Malang City can access elementary school not only in their administrative boundary but also they access school in their neighborhood areas.