The environment provides many benefits for human life and living things.
Over time, development in an area will continue to grow. This development has
both positive and negative impacts. The positive impact is the creation of jobs, while
the negative impact can cause a decrease in environmental quality. The solution to
solve this problem requires an instrument that is oriented towards protecting
environmental quality, namely Green Open Space which has an ecological function
to maintain air quality. This thesis entitled "Legal Aspects of Air Quality Protection
through Green Open Space (GOP) in Yogyakarta City". This writing uses the
normative legal method. The purpose of this paper is to determine the GOP
regulation as the implementer of Article 18 of Yogyakarta City regional regulation
Number 1 of 2012 concerning Environmental Management in the context of
protecting air quality in Yogyakarta City. This writing uses data on GOP for 2017
in the city of Yogyakarta, namely 17.88% which is divided into 12.88% private
green open space and 5.00% public green open space, which means that the
minimum area of green open space that has been determined is 30% of the city area
has not been fulfilled. The steps taken by the Yogyakarta City Government are
building a passive park on the roadside, planting trees on the road, and building
public green open spaces in residential areas. Good cooperation between the
government and the community is needed to meet the requirements for an area of
at least 30% and the total area of the city.