Characteristic of Public Small Park Usage in Asia Pacific Countries: Case Study in Jakarta and Yokohama City

This study concerned with the phenomenon of low use, and abandoned public small parks in Jakarta City particularly in neighborhood level. Learning from Yokohama, community participation into park management system becomes the key feature for the existence and attractive parks. The city also assists the installation of flower garden in the parks where the community group can be able to grow the flowers at the same time bring the neighbors together to enjoy the nature. This paper clarified that Jakarta needs to improve the parks by involving community and providing the communal space for participation. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia