Not Just a City Park

      Talking about the reality of the environment as the city of Surabaya will never recede to be discussed or at least more interesting if the seminar. The rapid development and the increasing population living in this city, shows that the center of economy and Surabaya in East Java administration. In line with these conditions, must also have an impact on the other side of urban ecosystems is still not fully addressed. Increased temperatures due to the circulation of carbon gas emissions (CO2) emissions arising from industrial activities and vehicle traffic must be answered with concrete actions so that the pollution is not widespread. Slowly but surely, it was made clear by their staff Surabaya City Government to immediately re-saving the environment and greening the city of Surabaya. Rows of a city park that also serves as a separator in the road like Jalan Kertajaya, Darmo, HR Mohammed, or the District Office and the Bukit Darmo made the city parks such as: Mundu Park, Garden hump, or park at Jalan Sulawesi is a former gas station one of the efforts made by local government in reducing air pollution.     Not just any city park, a lot of things related to the existence of the neighborhood in this city which until now has not been handled optimally. One is the lack of green open space (RTH) as a means of controlling the environmental impacts of human activity in frontal exploit the land for the things that benefit only, while the availability of catchment areas is also emphasized. The lack of trees, and even less thick atmosphere make this city Surabaya during the day was hot. Difference when the road along the mayor or efficacious in the SIER areas Rungkut industry, for example, there is an even shade plant waste odor continues inflamed. Garden Seeds Manyar role in Surabaya environmental welfare eligibility must be maintained, regardless of who is managing it. Currently arguably Surabaya public awareness on the environment is enormous, given the more difficult it gets clean air and expensive to get the cool (having to buy AC), once again the existence of a park or urban forest (urban forest) may be the best solution to overcome the complexity of the problem environment in Surabaya.Not yet absorbed the concept of environmental control and planning of urban development having regard to the environment (ecological planning) to the maximum by the manager of government and related parties in carrying out the construction of facilities and infrastructure. Has led to an imbalance between land with a population of urban land. Floods that regularly come up every year is a logical consequence of the lack of development to accommodate aspects of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that the provision of Building Permit (IMB) seem "forced". Evidently, when the dry season water supply in urban areas is discharged from the loss of water catchment areas, blistering heat of the sun radiation and the more stinging because the displacement of green land and trees. Either one, immediately save the environment or not. If not, then it is difficult for the city of Surabaya to be environmentally friendly
and achieve later in life Adipura.

                                                          (Posted in Harian Surya, June 25, 2012 atau click www.surya.co.id)