https://journaljgeesi.com/index.php/JGEESI/issue/feed 2026-07-13T13:17:49+00:00 Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science Internat [email protected] Open Journal Systems <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International (ISSN: 2454-7352)</strong> aims to publish high quality papers (<a href="https://journaljgeesi.com/index.php/JGEESI/general-guideline-for-authors">Click here for Types of paper</a>) in all areas of ‘Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences’. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated. The journal also encourages the submission of useful reports of negative results. This is a quality controlled, OPEN peer-reviewed, open-access INTERNATIONAL journal.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>NAAS Score: 5.10 (2026)</strong></p> https://journaljgeesi.com/index.php/JGEESI/article/view/1088 2026-07-13T09:26:05+00:00 Sodikin Sodikin [email protected]

<p>This study analyses the suitability of existing land use in the coastal area of Indramayu Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia, in relation to the spatial pattern established in the 2011–2031 Regional Spatial Plan. The research was conducted in 11 coastal sub-districts using Google Earth imagery from 2023, field validation and spatial data from the Indramayu Regency spatial plan. Existing land use was interpreted through on-screen digitisation based on visual interpretation elements, including hue, texture, shape and object association. The interpreted land-use map was then overlaid with the spatial pattern map using Quantum GIS to identify areas classified as suitable, unsuitable or transitional. The results show that the coastal area contains 11 land-use types, including rice fields, fish and shrimp ponds, settlements, mangroves, industrial areas, rivers, roads, salt ponds, plantations, open land and harbour areas. Rice fields form the dominant land use, covering 44,345 ha, followed by fish and shrimp ponds covering 14,191 ha and settlement areas covering 4,487 ha. Overall, 58,310 ha of land use is consistent with the spatial pattern, while 7,976 ha is unsuitable and 2,189 ha is transitional. Unsuitable land use is mainly associated with the conversion of protected and agricultural areas into ponds, settlements and other uses. The recommended improvement direction is to maintain suitable land uses, restore transitional areas where feasible and control further expansion of unsuitable land uses.</p>

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<p>The Imphal Valley, situated within the Indo-Burmese Wedge of Northeast India, represents one of the most tectonically active regions along the India–Burma plate boundary. Despite its geodynamic significance, continuous geodetic observations from this area remain limited. In this study, present-day crustal deformation was investigated using long-term observations acquired from a permanent Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) station established at the Multi-Parametric Geophysical Observatory (MPGO), Imphal. Continuous data collected between 2015 and 2024 were processed using the GAMIT/GLOBK software package within the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF2014) to determine station coordinates and crustal velocities. The analysis indicates that the Imphal station (IMP1) moves at an absolute horizontal velocity of 36.3 ± 0.5 mm yr⁻¹ toward N55°E. When referenced to the stable Indian Plate, the station exhibits a residual velocity of approximately 16.7 mm yr⁻¹ toward N222°, indicating persistent southwestward motion. These results indicate that the Imphal Valley is undergoing active deformation associated with the ongoing convergence between the Indian Plate and the Burma microplate. The velocity estimates presented here provide new geodetic constraints on regional plate kinematics and contribute to a better understanding of deformation within the Indo-Burmese Wedge. Continuous GNSS monitoring is shown to be an effective approach for quantifying crustal motion and improving tectonic interpretations and seismic hazard assessment in Northeast India.</p>

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