Land Cover Change Analysis After Mudflow Disaster In Sidoarjo Regency

• Main Author: Pawestri Nugraheni, Widya
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/34568
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Sidoarjo Regency as one of administrative area in urban fringe forming Surabaya Metropolitan Area, has rapid growth of population rates. This growth indicates the total population has risen and also impact basic infrastructures, linearly with land demands. In 2006, oil mining accidents happened in Renokenongo Village, Porong Subdistrict generated large area of mudflow in housing and agriculture areas. Moreover, it also gave structure and land pattern changed in macro view. This study focused on land cover change, on ten years before disaster occurred (year 1996) and ten years after disaster occurred (year 2017). The results show that land cover change in observed time period informs there was a more complex urbanization in Sidoarjo Regency. The land cover change’s direction in 2006-2017 has matched direction with the legal planning policy, which happened to move away from mudflow area. The land change analysis for year 2027 shows that built-up area alocation in Sidoarjo Regency will rise. This fact indicates that the preventive decision and actions is urgently needed, related to higher risk that might happen if another disasters happened. This disaster risk management decisions must be included in spatial planning management to prevent and protect Sidoarjo Regency’s activities on behalf of regional and national development whilts having the disaster risks.