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Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 13(1), pp. 269 - 280
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130116
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The Potential of Landscape Element at Tourism Parking Area to Mitigate Urban Heat Island in Bengkulu City
Debby Seftyarizki *, Mohammad Nur Dita Nugroho , Samsul Bahri
Architecture Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
A parking area is believed as one of urban public open spaces that are potential enough to contribute in mitigating UHI (Urban Heat Island) through the design arrangement of vegetation and other landscape elements. Parking areas in Pantai Panjang Bengkulu Indah Mall (BIM) and Rumah Pengasingan Soekarno, two of most famous tourism destinations in Bengkulu, Indonesia, were chosen as the object study for this research to discover the possibility of landscape elements in reducing air temperature rise by finding the correlation between existing landscape element and air temperature created. Site observation was conducted for 2 days in each location to collect existing physical data of landscape element, and existing air temperature data using a mini weather station and a thermal-hygrometer. Data from both observed locations then will be compared to each other to find which one has a better performance in reducing air temperature through their landscape elements. Simulation using ENVI-met will also be conducted to find the effectiveness of existing vegetation in reducing air temperature. Results of the study showed that both observed parking areas are not giving a huge positive impact on reducing UHI in Bengkulu City because the temperature recorded on the existing site was higher than the temperature data collected from the internet on the same day. However, landscape elements in Pantai Panjang BIM parking area, such as wide-tree vegetation and greater shaded canopy area especially on the west side, have bigger potential to mitigate UHI due to the lower of air temperature compared to Rumah Pengasingan Soekarno Parking Area.
KEYWORDS
Air Temperature, Landscape, Parking Area
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Debby Seftyarizki , Mohammad Nur Dita Nugroho , Samsul Bahri , "The Potential of Landscape Element at Tourism Parking Area to Mitigate Urban Heat Island in Bengkulu City," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 269 - 280, 2025. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130116.
(b). APA Format:
Debby Seftyarizki , Mohammad Nur Dita Nugroho , Samsul Bahri (2025). The Potential of Landscape Element at Tourism Parking Area to Mitigate Urban Heat Island in Bengkulu City. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 13(1), 269 - 280. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2025.130116.