Open AccessThe Impact of The Land-Use Changes on The Water Carrying Capacity in Kajen, Indonesia: A Spatial Analysis
Author(s) -
A. Pugara,
B. Pradana,
Dik Puspasari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/887/1/012018
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , land use , agriculture , carrying capacity , geography , agricultural economics , agricultural land , spatial planning , business , environmental resource management , environmental planning , environmental science , economics , civil engineering , ecology , archaeology , finance , engineering , payment , biology
Kajen Sub-District is the Capital of the Pekalongan Regency. This area is the center of activity that grows to be the urban area with trading and services as the economic pole. The trading and services activity is escalating inherent with the existence of IAIN and UNDIP campuses. The new campus increasing the need for a dormitory or housing and facilities area. Its result of land conversion in vegetation and agriculture. This spatial and development planning above contain in the Pekalongan Regency spatial document years 2020 – 2040. According to that document, the built-up area is predicted to be 50 % growth by the end of the planning period. The study regarding the influence of the land-use changes on the water carrying capacity in Kajen is conducted with the deductive–quantitative method. The deductive is begin to form theoretical synthesis about the themes and then search the empirical fact to compare. The quantitative approach means the data of the study is can be count rationally. The analysis tools of the study are spatial analysis and correlation. The study aims to examine the influence of the land-use change on the water carrying capacity and the most significant land use which influences it. The result of the study it the most influencing land use in water carrying capacity is a settlement with an 8.7-point level of correlation. The settlement appears from the agricultural land conversion, especially dry land and paddy field.