Study on Community’s Land Allocation in Long Pahangai District

Abstract

Land use allocation for community has been a crucial process for supporting the spatial allocation either at the regency or provincial level. This study was emphasized on the analysis of land allocation at the district level. The study applied a linear programming approach to optimize the land use in Long Pahangai District then linked with the spatial information. The optimization considered several factors, i.e., land productivity, the degree of erosion and the preference of the community living in the study area. To support the optimization, the availability of land use was determined by considering the land capability using the query tools in the Geographic Information System. The level of land capability applied five constraints, namely, slope, drainage, soil texture, effective depth and erosion. The study found that the optimal allocation of land use in the study area are primary forest of 6,635.11 ha (25.19%), secondary forest of 19,025.7 ha (71.9%), mixed plantation area of 289.61 ha (1.1%), settlement area of 8.3 ha (0.03%) and rice field of 487.35 ha (1.844%). This optimal allocation might increase the community income per capita by approximately 80% from 9,602,000.- to 17,275,171.-/capita/ha/year.