Integration of Green and Blue Space, and Their Potential to Support The Mental Health of Tropical Urban Residents

Problems in metropolis cities such as rising air temperature, traffic density often cause discomfort. It will result in heat stress and impact on mental health. Integration of blue space and green space is needed to reduce these risks. Urban parks, natural or artificial lakes are examples of integration. This paper describes opportunities for integrating blue spaces and green nature urban parks that have the potential to support mental health of tropical urban residents. Method used in this research is observation. Pondok Jagung lake-Tangerang used as a case study. The study was conducted in context of biophilic design. Results of study indicate that the integration of blue space and green space in urban parks has potential to support mental health for residents. Aspects that are considered are design aspects and environmental aspects. Design aspects include proportion of blue and green space, arrangement of colored vegetation, natural or non-natural shading, lighting, activity with water, accessibility, safety, security. Environmental aspects are cleanliness, order of hawkers. All aspect affects multi-sensory such as thermal comfort, visual, audio, olfactory, tactile.