Ecosystem services and green infrastructure planning of peri-urban lakes: the multifunctionality of Situ Jatijajar and Situ Pengasinan in Depok, Indonesia

Abstract

This study considers multifunctionality as an all-encompassing concept that addresses the complexity and uncertainty of peri-urban areas towards sustainable landscape development by exemplifying two peri-urban lakes in Depok, which is part of the Jakarta Metropolitan Region, as case studies. This paper applies the analytical framework by Hansen and Pauleit that combines the concepts of ecosystem services and green infrastructure planning to illustrate the complex interrelation of landscape elements and their capacities to deliver multiple ecosystem services. It reveals the different spatial challenges faced by the peri-urban lakes that occurred due to the fragmented nature of landscape in peri-urban areas which has led to the development of different vulnerabilities and resilience capacities of the lakes over time. This study highlights the important roles of local actors and communities in the valuation of ecosystem services and in shaping the peri-urban pathways towards multifunctionality.

Keywords:

• Multifunctional landscape
• peri-urban lakes
• ecosystem services
• green infrastructure
• Jakarta Metropolitan Region

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1 Based on presentation material gathered from the Ciliwung Cisadane River Region Center (BBWSCC), Sarasehan Hari Air Dunia 2018: Arahan pengendalian pemanfaatan ruang sungai, situ, danau, embung, dan waduk wilayah sungai Ciliwung-Cisadane. [2018 World Water Day Workshop: Directions for controlling the spatial use of rivers, lakes, ponds, and reservoirs in the Ciliwung-Cisadane river area]. 3 April 2018. [Received 25 April 2018].

Additional information

Funding

We wish to thank the Research, Community Service and Innovation Program (Program Penelitian Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat dan Inovasi/P3MI) at the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, for funding our research.

Notes on contributors

Wiwik Dwi Pratiwi

Wiwik D Pratiwi holds a PhD in Town and Regional Planning from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Wiwik lectures within the Architecture Department of Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung, and is involved in Tourism Planning within the School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development. She has a specific research interest in dwellings and tourism.

Anastasia Widyaningsih

Anastasia Widyaningsih holds a Master’s Degree in Human Settlements from the KU Leuven, Belgium. Anastasia is a research assistant for the Housing and Settlement Research Group within the Institut Teknologi Bandung’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development. Her research interest lies in social innovation, particularly in the development of community-based tourism development and urban regeneration.

Medria Shekar Rani

Medria Shekar Rani is a lecturer at the Architectural Design Research Group within the School of Architecture, Planning, and Policy Development at the Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia. She obtained her PhD in Landscape Architecture from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Her research focuses on landscape change and ecosystem services.