Abstract

Over time, land use in East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia has undergone changes, both to meet development needs due to population growth and to meet the economic needs of the community. The regional regulation of East Luwu Regency concerning the spatial plan of East Luwu Regency in 2010-2030 has established a protected area as part of the regional spatial plan of East Luwu Regency. To monitor changes in land use, remote sensing is one that can be used. It offers a variety of benefits in LULC (Land Use and Land Cover) study. This study utilizes remote sensing data and GIS software to analyze land cover in East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia with the aim of (1) evaluating the suitability of existing land use against the regional spatial plan of East Luwu Regency (2) knowing the factors that influence change in land use. This research is a non-experimental research type. The type of data used is secondary data. The method used is the spatial analysis method by conducting an overlay analysis between the 2019 land use map and the East Luwu Regency spatial plan map using ArcGIS 10.3 software. The results showed that there were 36.068,106 Ha of land use that were not in accordance with the regional spatial plan and 32.2056,203 Ha of land use that were in accordance with the regional spatial plan of a total of 358.124,309 Ha planned for protected areas. Most of the land use in the protected area is in accordance with the spatial plan, which is 89.92%, while the land use that is not in accordance with the spatial plan is 10.07%. Factors that influencing land use change in protected areas are population growth, increasing economic needs and lack of socialization to the community.

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