The availability of open spaces in Surakarta (A Survey of the Utilization of Open Spaces in Surakarta as a Sport Facility)

Bajuri Ferry Achmad, Hidayatullah M. Furqon, Kristiyanto Agus. The availability of open spaces in Surakarta (A Survey of the Utilization of Open Spaces in Surakarta as a Sport Facility). Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(7):259-267. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3271374 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7134 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 20.06.2019. Revised: 25.06.2019. Accepted: 08.07.2019. The availability of open spaces in Surakarta (A Survey of the Utilization of Open Spaces in Surakarta as a Sport Facility) ¹Ferry Achmad Bajuri, ²M. Furqon Hidayatullah, ²Agus Kristiyanto ¹Masters Program in Sport Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret ²Departement of Sport Science, Postgarduate Program, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta, Indonesia bajuriferry36@gmail.com, furqon@fkip.uns.ac.id, aguskriss@yahoo.co.id ABSTRACT The main purposes of the research are: 1) identify open space as a sport facility in Surakarta, 2) tell about some types of sports that utilize open space intensively, 3) tell about community groups that utilize open space to do exercise. This research was conducted at open spaces in Surakarta. The method of the research was descriptive qualitative. The data collection techniques used in this research were interview and observation. The object of the research was the people who utilized open spaces in Surakarta. There were 30 people as the samples of the research that were taken randomly using Proportional Purposive Random Sampling. The data sources in this research were obtained from the people who utilized open spaces as a sport facility. The data analysis techniques used in this research were data collection, data reduction, data presentation, verification and conclusion. The results of the research show that: 1) first, based on the SDI ratio analysis or the comparison of the open spaces in Surakarta to the population of 7 years and above, the availability of open spaces in Surakarta that is only 366,144.44 m² does not meet the ideal level. Second, the open spaces that are most visited and utilized by the people as a sport facility are Gelora Manahan and Car Free Day (CFD) on Slamet Riyadi street. 2) Gelora Manahan and Car Free Day are dominated by both individual sports and group sports from low to high intensity of sports. 3) There are three categories of groups of people who utilize the open spaces. The groups are categorized based on gender, age, and background of activities. Keywords: open spaces, sports, utilization surve