EVALUASI KESESUAIAN LAHAN UNTUK KAWASAN PERMUKIMAN MENGGUNAKAN SISTEM INFORMASI GEOGRAFIS DI KECAMATAN SEKADAU HULU KABUPATEN SEKADAU

AbstractThis study aims to determine the incompatibility of using existing residential landtoward regional spatial planning, and land suitability for residential areas inSekadau Hulu District, Sekadau Regency. The method that used in this study isquantitative method which used spatial approach, remote sensing, and geographicinformation system (GIS). The source of the data for this study are from governmentagencies and internet access which provided spatial data and land suitabilitycriteria. The finding of this study showed that, (1) the incompatibility of usingexisting residential land toward regional spatial planning is 355,02 ha. The next stepafter knowing the extent of the incompatibility between the existing land use and theregional spatial planning is build a map of the slope, flood, drainage, gravel, andsoil texture. The results of the overley of several land suitability criteria for thesettlements show (2) a very suitable area (S1) is 45,150.37 Ha, a suitable area (S2)is 34,311.4 Ha, a marginally suitable area (S3) is 3,393.03 Ha. , and the area thatis not suitable (N) is 75.72 Ha.Keyword: The incompatibility of using land, land suitability, settlement area,regional spatial planning