Title:
COASTAL SETTLEMENT PATTERNS: A CASE STUDY AT GAMPONG TELAGA TUJUH, LANGSA

Authors:
Suci Yulisma , Dwira Nirfalini Aulia , Wahyu Utami

Abstract:
The aims of this study is to understand the characteristics, the settlement patterns, and the causes of coastal settlement pattern formation in Gampong Telaga Tujuh. This study applies a descriptive qualitative research method, which describes the conditions related to the settlements to provide the answers of this study. The primary data is employed as a basis for research using a quantitative approach and the secondary data is employed as supporting material in this study. The findings show that the characteristics of the settlement of Gampong Telaga Tujuh are the seaside settlements with the majority are fishermen without adequate infrastructure. The topography of the settlement has formed an area with a building on stilts above the water level, a tidal transition area and a land area with the orientation the building facing the road, facing the sea and facing the back of the building. The settlement pattern is a combination pattern where there is a linear pattern of parallel buildings which follow the road network, as well as the cluster or group settlement patterns. The cause of the settlement patterns formation in Gampong Telaga Tujuh is caused by human or community cultural interactions toward nature, namely the sea.

Keywords:
Characteristics, Pattern, Settlement, Coast

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2021.4610