SETTLEMENT OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT BY APPROACH WSUD METHOD IN MANADO CITY

Abstract

Nowadays, the quality of green open space in urban settlements is gradually decreasing because of land use changes as well as new building construction. Moreover, urban community is often facing risk of river flooding and rainwater puddles during the rainy season. The purpose of this research is developing an urban open space network with function to managing rain water in settlement areas in Manado city. The WSUD planning principles is analysis as research variable and open space areas are defined into four type’s namely public zone, semipublic zone, semi private zone and private zone. This open space zones is considering into two main aspect, first the user of space (private or public) and next the decision maker (individual, groups, local government). The planning concept for urban settlement areas sensitive to water can be achieved by approaching three development types: open space network, buildings layout and streetscape.