EVALUASI KESESUAIAN LAHAN PERMUKIMAN MENGGUNAKAN SISTEM INFORMASI GEOGRAFIS DI KECAMATAN SEKADAU HULU KABUPATEN SEKADAU

Abstract

This study aims to determine the incompatibility of using existing
residential land toward regional spatial planning, and land suitability
for residential areas in Sekadau Hulu District, Sekadau Regency. The
method that used in this study is quantitative method which used
spatial approach, remote sensing, and geographic information
system (GIS). The source of the data for this study are from
government agencies and internet access which provided spatial data
and land suitability criteria. The finding of this study showed that,
(1) the incompatibility of using existing residential land toward
regional spatial planning is 355,02 ha. The next step after knowing
the extent of the incompatibility between the existing land use and
the regional spatial planning is build a map of the slope, flood,
drainage, gravel, and soil texture. The results of the overley of
several land suitability criteria for the settlements show (2) a very
suitable area (S1) is 45,150.37 Ha, a suitable area (S2) is 34,311.4
Ha, a marginally suitable area (S3) is 3,393.03 Ha. , and the area that
is not suitable (N) is 75.72 Ha.