Spatial Analysis of Universitas Indonesia (UI) Urban Forest Microclimate and Its Biodiversity

Abstract

Universitas Indonesia (UI) Urban Forest is located in the middle of an urban area. Vegetation analysis is one way to define the vegetation health to reach the urban forest sustainability. On the other hand, the vegetation analysis in UI Urban Forest was done thirteen years ago and needed to be updated. Moreover, there has not been vegetation analysis yet of UI Urban Forest using remote sensing combining the microclimate also biodiversity. This research method combines remote sensing and primary data collection. It classify the Landsat 8 (OLI) to the NDVI as the unit analysis (low, medium, high). Primary data collection started by random stratified sampling with a sampling intensity of 0.77% (18 plots), where in each plot, the temperature-humidity was measured, and the vegetation and bird were identified. As a result, the map of temperature and humidity was produced, and it correlates to the vegetation cover where the vegetation is high, the temperature is low, and the humidity is high. On the other hand, the vegetation structure and composition were analyzed. In conclusion, there is a significant difference between the NDVI vegetation class to the UI Urban Forest microclimate and its biodiversity (vegetations and birds).