Qualitative study of land use change using geographic information system in Pekanbaru

• Main Authors: Yusri,, Othman A. Karim,, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud,, Mohd. Ekhwan Toriman,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7393/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol39num5_2010/contentsVol39num5_2010.html

The context of development, land use in terms of it function can be changed from time to time. Pekanbaru urban area, consists of 12 sub-regions with total area 632.26 km2. The aim of the study was to analyze the land use change in terms of space and time. The land use maps which were used for this a...