Quantification of Land Cover Changes in Sub-urban Areas of Pekanbaru City

Abstract

Morphologically, land cover, urban and rural areas have different characteristics. It is the same as Pekanbaru City area that has unique characteristics including its surrounding regencies. However, the high level of land demand caused by increasing economic activity, high natural and non-natural population growth, makes the morphology of land cover in urban and rural areas unclear. Empirically this beginning to be considered common in urban areas that have a role as a strategic point or center of economic activity, but one of the concerns is the development of unplanned and dominating areas in a space that later create a more fragile environmental conditions in suburban areas. This study aimed to identify changes in land cover and assess the level of conformity of land use in the suburbs of Pekanbaru City. This study used a description method with two stages, (1). Identifying land cover using temporal images, (2). Analyze the level of conformity of land use. The results showed that there are four patterns of land cover change in the suburbs of Pekanbaru City, especially on the road axis connecting the surrounding area. These developments indicate nonconformity of land use which has an impact on the loss of protected land and productive plantation land in the suburbs of Pekanbaru City.

Identification of land use change on rice fields in Tangerang District using landsat 8 imagery

“…The same thing is also found in the eastern part of Serang Regency which has changed land use into residential areas which were originally rice fields area [12]. In the Sub-Urban area of Pekanbaru, there are also many changes in land use into residential areas [35]. Another study reveals that in Karawang Regency, there was a decrease The Data that presented in Figure 3 underwent validation through ground checking activities and interviews with residents at the validation sites.…”

“…The data processing process begins with cropping Landsat 8 satellite images from the years 2017, 2020, and 2022 to the administrative boundaries of Tangerang District. The images are processed using the supervised classification method to generate land use data [5,35]. The result interpretation of Landsat 8 imagery will classify into seven types of land use: rice fields, residential areas, industrial areas, open fields, water bodies, green open spaces, and plantations.…”

Analysis of The Suitability of Residential Land Around The Balongan Industrial Designation Area

“…However, what is no less critical is anticipating organizational developments due to new activities in suburban areas to avoid space inefficiencies (Firmansyah & Raharja, 2021). Balongan sub-district, the town that dominates the classification, is very suitable for settlements in Sukareja village, and for the appropriate category in Sudimampir lor village, then for Juntinyuat sub-district, the city that overlooks the type is very reasonable is in Juntikedokan village and the proper classification is in Segeran village.…”

Sentiment Analysis of Technology Utilization by Pekanbaru City Government Based on Community Interaction in Social Media

“…Pekanbaru City is currently experiencing fairly rapid development, from the infrastructural development to the technological developments [1] [2]. The development of information technology requires the Pekanbaru City Government to provide services that are faster, more effective and efficient.…”