Analisis Komparasi Pengaruh Pertumbuhan Penduduk Terhadap Alih Fungsi Lahan Kecamatan Mejayan dan Kecamatan Pilangkenceng Kabupaten Madiun Tahun 2015 dan 2020

Land is a strategic natural resource for development. Almost all sectors of physical development require land, such as agriculture, forestry, housing, industry, mining, and transportation. This study aims to 1) Analyze the distribution of population growth in the Mejayan and Pilangkenceng sub-districts in 2015 and 2020, 2) Analyzing land use change in the Mejayan and Pilangkenceng sub-districts in 2015 and 2020, and 3) Analyzing the relationship between population growth and land use change in the Mejayan and Pilangkenceng sub-districts. The analysis of this study uses the secondary analysis method to determine the results of population growth in the Mejayan and Pilangkenceng sub-districts, as well as the overlay analysis method to determine the results of land use change that occurred using raster image data in 2015 and 2020. The results obtained from this study are 1) the share of population growth in the Mejayan District based on an urban area is less than the Pilangkenceng District area which has an agricultural area base. Population growth in the Mejayan District has decreased in population, while the Pilangkenceng District is much more evenly distributed in each village. 2) The pattern of land use change in the Mejayan and Pilangkenceng sub-districts has the same pattern, namely clustered. 3) The relationship between population growth and land conversion in Mejayan District has a strong but insignificant correlation between the two variables, while Pilangkenceng District has a weak correlation between the two variables, one of which is influenced by the construction of the Pilangkenceng toll road section