MONITORING THE LAND USE CHANGE IN CAMPUS 2 STKIP PGRI PONTIANAK

Abstract

The aims of the research are: 1) investigating the changes of land-use occurring at campus 2 of STKIP PGRI Pontianak, 2) determining the tendency towards changes of land-use at campus 2 of STKIP PGRI Pontianak and, 3) mapping the land-use change at campus 2 of STKIP PGRI Pontianak from 2003 to 2011. The methods used in this research were survey and interpretation of the image of a multiple-color composite in 2003, 2008 and 2011 using GIS software. The data used were the types of land-use and the width of land-use change area. The data were analyzed by overlay method. The results have shown the following: 1) The changes of land use have been largely from forest land and paddy fields to settlement area; 2) The trend of the change is approaching to the North side, East side, South side and West side of the campus; 3) The characteristics of the extension of land-use changes from 2003 to 2011 are: settlement increased 66,110 m², field service (restaurant) became 10,254 m², the fields had added 17,097 m², paddy field had decreased 25,211 m², the forest area had decreased 104,327 m² and educational facilities had increased 35,427 m² while police station had extended 650 m².