Abstract
Roads is one of the main infrastructures to support the realization of economic development. The economic development resulting economic activity and the emergence of new industrial and activity centers, and then will stimulate population movement and growth. The increase of the population number and movement will encourage changes in land use. This study conducted to analyze the effect of road construction on the rate of land use change. Land use change caused by the construction of this road was identified by analyzing land use change with the help of a geographic information system. Satellite imageries are processed into maps based on geographic information systems to classify land use gradually over years. The results of this classification are then used for land use change analysis. The analysis carried out shows that there is a change in land use rate growth for building classification before and after road construction. Land use for growth for building classification is developed faster when a new road is built than before a road is built. In the area around the Salatiga and Ambarawa Ring Roads, the increase in the proportion of built-in land use is the conversion of forest land use and open land. Meanwhile, in the area around the Manado Ring Road, the increase in the proportion of built-in land use is the conversion of forest land use.
Possibilities of land use change analysis in a mountainous rural area: a methodological approach
