Land Use Changes Assessment using a triangulated framework: Perception Interviews, Land-Use/Land Cover Observation, and Spatial Planning Analysis in Tanjung Batu and Derawan Island, Indonesia

Understanding land-use change is imperative in the management of Indonesian coastal ecosystems with numerous environmental impacts generated from land-use conversion. To assess these impacts in holistic perspective, we use three sources of data, land cover change, policy maps, and interviews, to triangulate the main issues. Combining these sources, we analyze land-use changes in the past based on perception interviews and secondary data from the government spatial plan policy map and observable land-cover. In Tanjung Batu and Derawan Island we found that local populations were more aware of the changes related to infrastructure development, but that there are discrepancies between assigned and actual land-use, illustrating the value of a triangulated framework.

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Understanding land-use change is crucial for managing Indonesian coastal ecosystems, which have significant environmental impacts. By triangulating data from land cover change, policy maps, and interviews, the study analyzed the discrepancies between assigned and actual land-use changes in Tanjung Batu and Derawan Island. Findings revealed that local populations were more aware of infrastructure development-related changes, highlighting the value of a triangulated framework for comprehensive assessment.