International Research Journal of Advanced Engineering and Science ISSN (Online): 2455-9024 246 Yulia Nurhayati, Ismu Rini Dwi Ari, and Wara Indira Rukmi, “Quality of Child-friendly Spaces in City Parks of Trunojoyo Smart Park and Singha Merjosari Park Malang, Indonesia,” International Research Journal of Advanced Engineering and Science, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp. 246- 255, 2018. Quality of Child-friendly Spaces in City Parks of Trunojoyo Smart Park and Singha Merjosari Park Malang, Indonesia Yulia Nurhayati 1 , Ismu Rini Dwi Ari 2 , Wara Indira Rukmi 3 1 Student, Master Programme of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia 2, 3 Lecturer, Departement of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia Abstract—Influence of the urban environment on fulfilling children’s playgrounds can be seen based on the quality aspects of public open spaces in the city. This study aims to study the criteria, perceptions and alternatives for developing the quality of child-friendly spaces in city parks of Trunojoyo Smart Park and Singha Merjosari Park, Malang City. Method used in determining the quality of child – friendly criteria using Analysis Hierarchy Process, while in evaluating the quality of child-friendly spaces using Importance- Performance Analysis (IPA) and through interviews with experts for alternative development. The results indicate the main criteria for child-friendly space according to the experts is security criteria with a value of 0.541 and the highest sub-criteria are safe spaces with a value of 0.105. Visitor perceptions on the quality of chil-friendly spaces in Trunojoyo Smart Park and Singha Merjosari Park can be seen by the distribution of park attributes related to performance quality and importance rate according to respondents who are associated with their position in IPA quadrant. Attributes distribution in IPA quadrant for Trunojoyo Smart Park that have good and important service quality are: distance and roads; pathway lane; signage; seating; fences; and garden. Attributes distribution in IPA quadrant for Singha Merjosari Park that have good and important service quality are:distance from the pathway; safe spaces; entrance; pathway lane; and garden. Alternative development in Singha Merjosari Park according to experts is considering designs with those that are influenced by total area, number of playgroud equipments and visitors heterogeneity. The highest development priority of Trunojoyo Smart Park is the play elements of children. Keywords— Child-friendly space, child-friendly criteria, performance quality, alternative development. I. INTRODUCTION The rapid development of cities is not accompanied by the increasing in service quality for all ages. Children as part of the city population should receive good and quality services through a child-friendly city program. Basically, a child- friendly city has a child-based development system through the integration of commitment and government resources, communities and business area that are planned in a comprehesive and sustainable manner in policies, programs and activities to ensure the fulfillment of children’s rights [1- 3]. Attention to the influence of urban environment on children has been initiated from 1971-1975 through reserach about “Children’s Perception of the Environment” by Kevin Lynch. Cities public open spaces become the place where children learn independently, love the natural environment and have strong social relations. Model of child-friendly open spaces in the city is very varied and is a combination of policies and social conditions of the community. Malang City seeks to always support child-friendly city programs (Kota Layak Anak). Malang City received the child- friendly city (KLA) award in 2015 and 2017. This can be seen from the development and revitalization of public parks in Malang City, such as Trunojoyo Smart Park, Singha Merjosari Park, Malabar City Forest, Ijen Boulevard Park and so forth. Along with addition of thematic city parks, it is necessary to study deeper whether city parks have criteria for child-friendly space such as accessbility, comfort and safety, integration, social interaction and so forth. This research conducted a study about the criteria for quality of child-friendly spaces in Malang city parks with the case study of Trunojoyo Smart Park and Singha Merjosari Park Malang. There are six concepts of child-friendly spaces, namely: policies; encvironmental security; fulfillment of basic rights; environment; residence and planning. The concept of child- friendly city policies as stated by Corsi [4], that there are two supporting models of child-friendly city policies, first, model with an orientation of education, cognition and normative, and second, a promotion model of social participation. The concept of environmental security as formulated by Tranter and Sharpe [5] that the danger of traffic causes parents to pay attention to their children. The study by Tranter and Parson [5] states that the children’s world is to play, therefore it is very important for children to get their world through the acquisition of access to play. The concept of fulfilling basic rights was conveyed by Wilks [2] that the fulfillment of children’s basic rights to obtain all basic services and security as well as protection from exploitation efforts is also a concern in realizing a child-friendly city. Fulfillment of basic rights also includes the avoidance of children from symptoms of obesity, get sick easily and sadness as stated by Gleeson (2005) in Wilks [2]. The concept of environment is confirmed by Riggio [1] that children have the right to obtain a pollution- free environment and various basic rights. The concept of residence according to Wilks [2] is a child-friendly city that emphasizes the fulfillment of basic needs, one of which is a place to live. The concept of planning provides an overview of the importance in child-support planning in the form of child involvement in predicting the future of the city. Sub criteria for child-friendly spaces include aspects of location and size; safe spaces; easy access to entrances; circulation path; signage; seating; fence; playground