Indonesian Journal of Conservation
Vol 7, No 2 (2018): IJC

IDENTIFYING COLONIAL LANDSCAPE STYLES IN BOGOR BOTANICAL GARDEN THROUGH VISITORS’ GEO-TAGGED PHOTOS

Hadi, Akhmad Arifin (Unknown)
Mizuuchi, Yusuke (Unknown)
Honjo, Tsuyoshi (Unknown)
Furuya, Katsunori (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Apr 2019

Abstract

The landscape of Bogor Botanical Garden (BBG) is influenced by different eras, particularly Dutch Colonial and post-war Indonesia. The research investigates visitors’ perceptions related to landscape of BBG based on visitors’ on-site experiences. The research involved 94 research participants, include local tourists and landscape architecture students. They were asked to take photo of landscape or elements they deemed colonial look landscape style using their own camera and send them online to researcher by social media. Each respondent were handed a GPS logger to record the capture locations of each photo. The results revealed that the most photos of colonial look landscape style were consist of buildings and hardscapes as focused objects, where Presidential Palace and Lady Raffles monument were buildings that mostly appear in photos. The photos’ captured locations were also concentrated to those buildings indicated that landscape surround those buildings had strong characteristics of colonial landscape style. The study also showed the effectiveness of inviting participants with educational background in landscape architecture than normal visitors to show perception of colonial look landscape on BBG site.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijc

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Conservation [p-ISSN 2252-9195] is a journal that publishes research articles and conservation-themed conservation studies, including biodiversity conservation, waste management, green architecture and internal transportation, clean energy, art conservation, ethics, and ...