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Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru

The context of development, land use in terms of it function can be changed from time to time. Pekanbaru urban area, consists of 12 sub-regions with total area 632.26 km2. The aim of the study was to analyze the land use change in terms of space and time. The land use maps which were used for this a...

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Main Authors: Yusri,, Othman A. Karim,, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud,, Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman,
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
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spelling my-ukm.journal.73932016-12-14T06:43:56Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/ Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru Yusri, Othman A. Karim, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud, Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman, The context of development, land use in terms of it function can be changed from time to time. Pekanbaru urban area, consists of 12 sub-regions with total area 632.26 km2. The aim of the study was to analyze the land use change in terms of space and time. The land use maps which were used for this analysis are those of 1992 and 2004. Results from ArcView GIS (Version 3.2) found that the reduction of land use occurred significantly, particularly in farming and forest sectors in 2004. Mean while, the housing, vegetation/bush and others sectors increased in 2004. On the other hand, urban development could give a negative impact to the environment if the trend of land use change was not planned properly. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf Yusri, and Othman A. Karim, and Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud, and Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman, (2010) Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru. Sains Malaysiana, 39 (5). pp. 705-709. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol39num5_2010/contentsVol39num5_2010.html
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description The context of development, land use in terms of it function can be changed from time to time. Pekanbaru urban area, consists of 12 sub-regions with total area 632.26 km2. The aim of the study was to analyze the land use change in terms of space and time. The land use maps which were used for this analysis are those of 1992 and 2004. Results from ArcView GIS (Version 3.2) found that the reduction of land use occurred significantly, particularly in farming and forest sectors in 2004. Mean while, the housing, vegetation/bush and others sectors increased in 2004. On the other hand, urban development could give a negative impact to the environment if the trend of land use change was not planned properly.
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author Yusri,
Othman A. Karim,
Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud,
Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman,
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Othman A. Karim,
Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud,
Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman,
Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru
author_facet Yusri,
Othman A. Karim,
Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud,
Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman,
author_sort Yusri,
title Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru
title_short Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru
title_full Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru
title_fullStr Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru
title_full_unstemmed Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru
title_sort qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in pekanbaru
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2010
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf
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