| Summary: | The aims of the research are to determine priority areas for housing
development using Ikonos satellite imagery and Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) and to understand the Ikonos imagery capabilities in intercepting physical
parameters that effect the determination of land for developing residences. The
primary data source was obtained by interpreting the Ikonos satellite imagery and
field surveys.
Research method used for determining the priority areas is to base the
assessment against some of the parameters used, both the physical parameters and
the accessibility parameters of the land. Physical parameters used include land
slope, land use, landform, soil bearing capacity, soil drainage, water table depth,
while the accessibility factor used are the distance to the main street and the
distance to the city center. GIS is used for the overlaying process by weighting each
parameter used.
The findings of the research showed the value of Ikonos image interpretation
accuracy is 85,71% for the use of land, 90, 47% for the landform, and 80,95% for
the the water table depth and there are 4 classes of priority areas for housing. Those
are a priority I (P1) of 73,03 ha, priority II (P2) of 22,18 ha, priority III (P3) of
39,52 ha and is not prioritized (N) of 2246,35 ha. Determining the location for
residential development using weighting methods on each of these parameters
achieves effective result.
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