Geospatial Valuation of Urban Farming in Improving
Geospatial Valuation of Urban Farming in Improving
Geospatial Valuation of Urban Farming in Improving
Commission V, WG V/3
KEY WORDS: Resilience, Land Inventory, Malang City, Service, Monetary, Geospatial
ABSTRACT:
Urban farming is recently acknowledged as a strategy with various services in improving cities resilience but facing cons such as
land competition and rapid urbanization. The study attempts to inventory available areas for urban farming implementation and
estimate the total values with case study in Malang city, Indonesia. The study divided urban farming into five forms i.e. nursery,
allotment, residential, institutional and rooftop farming based on its characteristics. Land inventory has been done by estimating
existing and potential areas. Existing area was manually delineated by Field Area Measure App through field visit and visualized by
ArcGIS. Potential area was identified through geospatial assessment considering land use and land cover map provided by the
Government of Indonesia and parcel zoning based on Guideline of Urban Farming development and literatures. The study employed
Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) and Market Price Method to estimate total values of urban farming. Currently there is 1.38 ha
of urban farming which is equal to 0.01 % of city’s area distributed in 21 plots and 211.46 ha potential area or equal to 1.92 % of
city’s area. Urban farming has services for amount of US$ 28.68 m-2 yr-1, specifically 22.86, 3.60, 0.80, 1.10 and 0.34 US$ m-2 yr-1 in
terms of provisioning food; income generation; recreation and community building; education and learning; and maintenance urban
comfort, respectively. If existing and potential area used for urban farming, then it could contribute to US$ 395,095.68 annually for
existing and potentially up to US$ 60,646,800.35 annually for entire city.
Services Ns Al If Re Rf
E1. Provisioning food supply ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
E2. local income generation ✓ ✓
SE1. Recreational and ✓ ✓ ✓
community-building
SE2. Education and learning ✓ ✓ ✓
H. Maintenance urban comfort ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Total Services VA VB VC VD VE
Table 1. Measurement indicators for each urban farming form
Figure 3. Identifying and mapping existing urban farming areas
(Ns: Nursery; Al: Allotment; If: Institutional; Re: Residential;
and Rf: Rooftop farming)
In order to identify potential area of urban farming, the study Here are the detail screening layer, classification and parcel
was contained by two parts as shown in Figure 4. Part A means zoning for the research (Table 2). The classification was
screening layer and classification which aims to considered adjusted by urban farming form such as Nurseries, Allotment,
areas need to be eliminated and used for zoning. The data Residential, Institutional, and Rooftop Farming. This table tried
utilized in this part are indicated by number in the figure. to show the flow in estimating potential areas by emphasize the
Number 1) indicates that the data sourced from Statistics proportion or ratio from available areas.
Indonesia which contained by administration map, 2)
Geographic Information Bureau-BIG Indonesia 2018 which Urban
contained by land cover and land use type in Indonesia and 3) Screening layer and Parcel zoning for
Farming
Open Street Map 2018 that divided already based on building classification potential area
Form
type. These data then divided by three main land cover and Nurseries Minimum size of Nurseries will be
land use i.e. green space, build-up areas and water bodies. nurseries is 20 m2 per implemented in 36 villages
Since water bodies are not used for urban farming then it is village and 36 m2 for (targeted to be developed
omitted. It is indicated by grey colour. The green and blue average as desirable areas). Since
colour indicated that those land use type will be considered in (Sustainability Food nurseries area are in the
Parcel Zoning which is in Part B. Region Guideline next of allotment farming
Part B means parcel zoning which aims to determine proportion 2019). Thereby, it is (survey), then the part of
or ratio (%) of screened layer as certain potential area. The used 36 m2 as base of allotment area will be
detail zoning and proportion are shown in Table 2. For nurseries area. allocated as nurseries part.
allotment farming, it is considered 100% of brownfield or Allotment The study eliminates Vacant lots such as
vacant lots but part of them will be used as nursery. For farming land cover such as meadow and shrubs are
residential farming, it is only used 4.61% areas from residential impervious surfaces considered in the
space (house and yard areas). For rooftop farming, it is (built-up area), forest, categorization for
considered both residential building (house) and non-residential park and water allotment farming. Entire
building i.e. commercial or public. But since lack of data on bodies. Land use area of vacant lots is
rooftop house (residential) surface as well as limited cases on analysis then was considered as potential
residential rooftop, then this part was neglected. Based on done by eliminate all area. It is assumed that all
previous literature it is only 19% for maximum, the rooftop area that already area is suitable to be
surface can be used for rooftop garden. While for institutional sitting as agriculture implemented allotment
farming, it is considered 10% of school areas will be suitable land (cropland, farm.
for farming. In addition, Malang city has school garden dryland farm and
program which in line with urban farming initiative. plantation). Area that
not categorized in
above elimination are
considered in the
zoning.
Residential The study eliminate Based on spatial mapping,
farming building such as average area of house is
commercial, business, 86.75 m2. Considering
and public or household size, 4 people
government building. (average household size in
Only building Malang city based on
categorized as Statistics data) and
residential and house Ministry of Public Works
type considered in Regulation No.
parcel zoning. 5/PRT/2008 that we need
spare 1 m2/capita for green
space, then every house
needs spare 4 m2 or equal
to 4.61%. This proportion
used as ratio for potential
area of residential farming
Institutional School from Based on analysis of
Farming elementary to senior School Garden on the
high school study (Hartatik and Itaya,
considered as 2019) in collaboration with
institutional farming Urban Farming Initiative,
potential this study adopts 10%
proportion of total school
area as Institutional
Farming.
Rooftop Only building with a Only 19% of total
Farming minimum roof surface available roof that suitable
area (30 m2) and to be rooftop farming. It
surface slope (<5o). It considers green roofs and
Figure 4. Identifying and mapping potential urban farming
was used data sourced photovoltaics, in term of
areas
from BIG Indonesia accessibility, well Table 3. Profile and characteristics of urban farming form
illuminated, relatively flat, Note: Ground □ and Rooftop ○; Meso # and Micro *; Private
capable of load bearing as ♦ and Community ▲
necessary and water
resources accessibility Table 4 is the result of urban farming values especially in
(Clinton et al., 2018; Saha, certain indicator and form. Residential farming takes highest
2016) value cause mostly urban farmers have their own farm and can
Table 2. Identifying and mapping potential urban farming areas access as well as obtain the benefits directly i.e. harvest and
gain microclimate comfort (good air quality, humidity and
2.3.3 Estimating total value of urban farming: total value temperature). For community farming, allotment takes highest
was earned by multiplied urban farming services in unit area value. Allotment usually uses for many purposes by
(US$ m-2 yr-1) and land availability both in existing use and inhabitants. In addition, people can access or get training or
potential area (m2). The result was total services of urban knowledge from community through utilizing partial sites in
farming for entire city in monetary unit US$ annually. The allotment farming. The total value of urban farming if it is
results then were compared with land value as benchmark. implemented in square meter unit area is US$ 28.68 m-2
Land value was average bank interest in Indonesia if land in annually. This value has not excessed the land value yet as a
unit area pawned in the Bank. Indonesia Bank Rule (PBI) benchmark for US$ 29.25 m-2 yr-1. However, the difference
No.9/PBI/2007 states that land and buildings (houses) can between benchmark and the value is only US$ 0.57 m-2 yr-1. It
guarantee credit loans. Hence, it was used in this study as an indicated that urban farming is valuable however it is still
approach. Considering land price in Malang city, US$ 247.05 needed the support mechanism to cover the gap. The study
per square meter (https://www.atrbpn.go.id/Peta-Bidang- proposed incentive mechanism scheme by local government for
Tanah) and average interest of bank in Indonesia, 12%, then the amount the difference between benchmark and value. Through
land value per unit area in Malang city is US$ 29.25 m-2 yr-1 in the mechanism the government could maintain and enhance
2018. urban green private space and urban dwellers can be engaged to
participate to urban farming.
3. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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