Muhammad Rusdi, Ruhizal Roosli, Mohd Sanusi S. Ahamad
On December 26th, 2004, an Ocean earthquake tsunami struck off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Banda Aceh was the largest settlement area and the most devastated due to the natural disaster. Today, ten years after the disaster, it has become necessary to evaluate the suitability of the settlement area to determine which areas are compatible for settlement purpose. This article examines the concept of land suitability evaluation and its implementation possibility for settlements based on the bearing capacity of the soil. The focus of the study is on the criteria of soil bearing capacity and the GIS method will be adopted for the implementation. To ensure that the application works, a geospatial analysis compiled by the variable soil bearing capacity that can be observed and measured for the terms of settlement is required. The results show that Banda Aceh as a whole falls under the order of ‘S’ (suitable) for settlement based on the soil bearing capacity. © 2015 AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.
School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia; School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300, Penang, Malaysia; Universitas Syiah Kuala, Darussalam, 23111, Aceh, Indonesia
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