KAJIAN KONSEPTUAL PEMODELAN PERUBAHAN PENGGUNAAN LAHAN UNTUK STUDI ILMU LINGKUNGAN

Abstract

Modeling is one of the methods in the portfolio of techniques and approaches available to unravel the dynamics of the land-use system. In this perspective, models are used as a learning and communication tool between researchers to formalize knowledge on the dynamics of land-use change. Land-use system is a very complex system, such that computer modeling is needed as a computational laboratory to estimate and test hypotheses about the process of land-use change. One of the major difficulties in multi-disciplinary research is to find ways to express oneself, which are acceptable to all the disciplines involved and free from the connotation of any or all of them. Land-use change models play an important role in exploring possible future developments in the land-use system. This paper attempts to show the methods and approaches to be used as a communication and learning environment for stakeholders involved in the decision making about land-use change systems in the field of environment