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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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf

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spelling	ukm-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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author_facet	Yusri, Othman A. Karim, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud, Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman,
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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/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf
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Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru

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