Human external and internal activities in the destruction of the north galesong coastal area

Abstract

The research aims to find out what part of human activities on the outside and inside played in the destruction of the coastal area; in this case, it examines human activities carried out by residents and sand mining entrepreneurs around the north Galesong Sea, which have an impact on change structure of land use and abrasion of coastal areas—using a quantitative paradigm with quantitative methods as the primary method and qualitative as support. The quantitative method uses a geographic approach, namely a spatial approach using a Geographic Information System in its analysis. GIS uses spatially based data, namely geographically oriented data. Data used in this study are land use maps and village shorelines. The qualitative method used descriptive case studies. Qualitative data: The population of this study is Aeng Batu village. There are two types of research samples, namely area and human samples; area samples are taken from the description of conditions when abrasion occurs and after post-abrasion repairs occur. For the human sample, the respondents were community leaders, village officials, and the community to find out the purpose of digging beach sand and dumping trash on the beach in ex-dug holes. The data is described and supplemented with photographs of actual conditions in the field—analysis techniques using analytical descriptions. In conclusion, damage to coastal land caused by human activities does not only come from mining at sea but also the activities of residents who use beach land and beach sand (for residential construction and garbage disposal), the physical shape of the beach, the damage is exacerbated by high rainfall, wind, and waves, especially during the rainy season.