Environmental Performance Measurement of the Simple Urban Housing in Martubung Medan

Abstract

In this paper, we evaluate the environmental performance of simple urban housing in Medan, Indonesia. The population in this research is the national housing Martubung. The technique of data collection used are observation, interview and documentary studies. We identify a series of quantitative and qualitative indicators and categorize them as either operational, environmental, or management indicators. We conduct co-integration analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression to evaluate the environmental performance of this simple housing. Based on survey and interview results undertaken in the Martubung housing in Medan, Indonesia, we performed a robust fitting of various factors. By calculating their performances based on the results of the integral indicators, we defined coefficients that reveal the level of environmental performance in the region. We found the most important factor impacting the environmental performance of housing to be ease of access, followed by the existence of adequate public transport, sewage systems, and road maintenance in residential areas. The perception of the environmental performance of housing is to some extent dependent on the local residents. The diverse and complex relationships between the identified indicators are consistent with the observations made during the environmental performance assessment.