Analysis of the Impact of Land Use on the Degradation of Coastal Areas at Ambon Bay-mollucas Province Indonesia

Ambon Bay coastal region has a considerable fast and dynamic of geomorphology developments. This study was aimed to analyze the impact of land use on the degradationof the coastal area in Ambon City. The changes of land use were analyzed using overlaying Landsat imaging and scoring methods. The results show that land uses had changed rapidly in the period of 42 years, which mainly for residential, office, industrial, and trade development purposes. The most affected areas were in the district of Sirimau and Baguala Bay, and that 77.8% of Ambon Bay coastal is categorized as highly affected coastal damage.