Analysis of land use dynamics in Kulon Progo Regency

Abstract

Infrastructure development and industry are a bridge in driving economic growth. On the other hand, the impact of development and population growth also encourages land conversion and suppresses the existence of agricultural land. This research aims to analyze land use change from 2015 to 2021 in Kulon Progo Regency and its relationship with occupation. This study used spatial analysis through overlay to map land use changes in Kulon Progo Regency. Land use maps were obtained from Sentinel images in 2015 and 2021. Image interpretation was supervised through the random forest algorithm. Meanwhile, occupation change data was obtained from Yogyakarta population statistics. Descriptive quantitative analysis is used to determine the relationship between the decline in agricultural land and the decline in the number of occupation in the agricultural sector. The result shows that the impact of development and industry has changed rice fields in