PENDEKATAN ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY DALAM PERANCANGAN RUANG TERBUKA PUBLIK YANG HUMANIS

Urban development needs to pay attention to environmental psychology. The city has lost space for socializing, recreation and expression. Children as the basis of complete human development are deprived of their rights to play safely and comfortably. This research highlights the phenomenon of recreational activities that occur in inappropriate spaces such as railroad tracks, underpasses, and abandoned spaces where the activities cause human-vehicle conflict. The research uses a descriptive-qualitative analysis method by observing several cases due to the absence of public open space, identifying physical-non-physical elements, as well as basic human needs (humanism). This method finds the quality of a city (and country) through the adequacy of humanist public open spaces, where psychological and physical needs are met.