The Influence of Socio-Economic Facilities and Population Density on Landuse Changes in Gunungpati District, Semarang City

Abstract

Land use still serves as a guide for urban development decisions, even though they are typically independent. Establishing important corporate hubs has made economic considerations a key driver in determining how the city’s land-use structure will be governed. The study investigates the influence of socio-economic facilities and population density on land use changes in Gunungpati district, Semarang City. The data processing technique used in this study was to make a map of the administrative area of Gunungpati District. The following data processing stage digitizes Gunungpati District images in 2011 and 2019 to determine land use. Then carry out the overlay process on the two land use maps of the Gunungpati District to find out changes in land use in 2011 and 2019. Qualitative data analysis was used in this study. The findings of land change map overlays between 2011 and 2019 were used for qualitative data map analysis. The findings demonstrate that settlements, which account for 2,255 hectares of land in Gunung Pati District, dominate land use, with Pakintelan Village having the highest residential land use. At the same time, the most minor land use is in the service sector, namely as much as 590 Ha. Land use in Gunungpati District in 2019 was dominated by residential land, namely 2,388 Ha, where the highest residential land use was in Sekaran Village, namely 250.76 Ha. The slightest use of land is on service land, which is 442.51 Ha, with the highest use of service land in Sekaran Village, which is 58.24 Ha. The dominant factors influencing changes in land use are the increase in social facilities and population density, which encourage land conversion and make it a more productive resource.