Patterns of Landscape Change on Small Islands: A Case of Gili Matra Islands, Marine Tourism Park, Indonesia

The aim of this study is to investigate patterns of landscape changes in small islands as exemplified by Gili Matra Islands, Lombok, Indonesia. Satellite imagery, hard infrastructures data and tourism spot were used to observe patterns of land use/land cover (LU/LC) by using overlay method in order to find suitable indicators for assessing landscape changes in the case study. The results showed that the changes tend to grow based on the closeness to the paths, port, coast line, public service, rural center, commercial areas, settlement areas, tourism accommodation, tourism center areas, and tourism spots and keep away landfill area.