Abstract
The research objective is to identify agricultural land use change and its impact on the community in Lembang Sub-district, West Bandung Regency. The research methods used were overlay technique and questionnaire distribution. Overlay technique was used to determine the location distribution of land use change. Land use maps of the year 2008 and 2015 were used for overlay analysis with geographic information system (GIS). Questionnaires were distributed to the residents of Lembang Sub District to gather information regarding changes in occupation and income of the community. The result of the overlay technique is agricultural land about 116.1 hectares converted into other functions. Modifications of these land into buildings by 2%, housing as much as 77%, a commercial zone covering an area of 8% and tourism area 13%. There was evidence that the majority of farmers have monthly income decrease more than 25% as an impact of land use change in this area. There was no evidence that the resident’s occupation changes due to land use change in this area.
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