Development of Methods for Risk Identification of Waterfront Areas In Balikpapan CIty Based on Geographical Information System

Abstract

The waterfront area has high regional vulnerability, the impact of climate change, land use, land abrasion, low land slope as the lowest point and morphologically the waterfront area has high economic attractiveness. The problem of waterfront areas in existing urban areas requires identification of regional risks. This study is to identify the waterfront areas identified as having low, medium and high risk. The results of this study found that the length of the waterfront area of the city of Balikpapan is 16,865 km with 80 grid points located in the waterfront area of the city of Balikpapan. Of the 80 grid points, there are 16 points with no risk, then 21 points with low risk, then 21 points with moderate risk and 22 points with high risk.