The Study of Public Open Space effectiveness in Makassar Waterfront City using Good Public Space Index (GPSI)

Abstract

Anjungan Pantai Losari is one of the famous public spaces in Makassar; it is a primary landmark in the city. Nevertheless, this public space is considered not optimal because it is only crowded with people’s activities in the afternoon and night. On the other hand, some theories argued that a good public open space has the ability to accommodate various people all day long. This study was conducted to evaluate and to study the effectiveness of public open space using the Good Public Space Index (GPSI). There are six variables used in GPSI: intensity use, the intensity of social use, people’s duration of stay, temporal diversity use, variety of use, and diversity of users. This study found that the average of GPSI value shows the high score of Anjungan Pantai Losari effectiveness. However, two variables, intensity of use and people duration of social use were still at a low level. It was expected that this research could be a reference to develop spatial planning, especially the improvement of public open space quality.