Urban forest development at landside of Hang Nadim Batam Airport based on the microclimate and noise study

Abstract

The landside of Hang Nadim Batam Airport can be adapted to urban forests to reduce emissions, stabilize the microclimate, and reduce noise. The purpose of this research are to study the microclimate and noise around the Hang Nadim Batam Airport, and develop landside based on the condition of the airport urban forest. Research was conducted on April, 8th-15th 2019 based on the density of vegetation. Location determining, characteristics of trees and leaf area index, air temperature and humidity, and noise were used as the methods of this research. The factors that analyzed by this research were NDVI, tree profile diagrams, LAI, air temperature and humidity, thermal humidity, and noise. The result showed that there were 55 trees of 11 species from 6 families. The profile diagram showed the densest vegetation was at point F, one of the points of measurements with dense vegetation category, seen by horizontally and vertically. The highest air temperature and thermal humidity was at point E and the lowest was at point F. The highest humidity was at point F and the lowest was at point E. The highest noise was at rare vegetation and the lowest was at dense vegetation. Landside development needs to look at ecology, technical, and aesthetic.