Analysis of changes in agricultural land use in Kartasura Subdistrict, Sukoharjo Regency in 2012 and 2023

Abstract The growing population in Kartasura Subdistrict is expected to affect agricultural land in Kartasura Subdistrict because the need for residential land is more important, because the increasing population in Kartasura Subdistrict certainly requires more residential land so that there are many land changes, especially changes in agricultural land use. This research uses the visual interpretation method of imagery complemented by field surveys and interviews. Visual interpretation of the image is done to find out the type of land use that exists in the Maxar image of Kartasura sub-district in 2012 and 2023, so that when digitizing can be in accordance with the appearance in the image. Field surveys were conducted to find out the truth of the object of interpretation on the image that looked doubtful when doing visual interpretation while interviews were conducted to find out the causes of land change. The area of paddy fields that changed into settlements was 57.28 ha, vacant land of 17.54 ha, industry of 7.31 ha, vegetation of 7.74 ha and water bodies of 3.59 ha with a total area of land use change of paddy fields of 93.46 ha. The accuracy test conducted resulted in a value of 86.66% for overall accuracy while the kappa accuracy test resulted in a value of 83% so that it is included in the accurate level of accuracy. The strategic location of Kartasura Subdistrict, easy accessibility and adequate infrastructure facilities are factors that cause an increase in population, which results in changes in the use of rice fields in the Kartasura Subdistrict.