Sustainable urban planning: change detection of Land Use and Land Cover in Semarang, Indonesia
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Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) are occurring rapidly around the globe, particularly in developing island nations, such as Indonesia. Increasing population, the spread of suburbia, and the transition to rubber plantations have resulted in LULCC in Semarang City, Indonesia. We use the lens of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to determine potential policies to address these LULCC; however, these goals can be conflicting in regard to preserving natural landscapes and bettering the lives of the poor. We documented the LULCC in Semarang City using remote sensing, overlay analysis, optimized hot spot analysis, expert validation, and Continuous Change Detection and Classification. We focused on the period between 2006 and 2015. The implications of this study show that these geospatial analyses and big data can be used to characterize the SDGs and the complex interplay of these goals. The results from the analysis are useful in implementing policies and assisting in decision making at multiple spatial scales.
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