| Abstrak/Abstract |
The impact of humans on landscapes may differ across regions because anthropogenic
intervention on the respective landscapes occurs in different human-induced contexts. This study
was designed to assess the human-induced landscape evolution of the Citanduy Watershed, Java, In-
donesia, and determine its anthropogenic signatures. Several approaches were used, namely anthro-
pogenic landscape identification, anthropogenic soil development, sediment analysis, and monitoring
of changes to Segara Anakan lagoon at the mouth of the Citanduy Rier. Five types of anthropogenic
landscapes were observed in the research area, from a slightly modified landscape to a fully anthro-
pogeniclandscape. Theanthropogenicsignaturewasalsofoundinthesedimentofthelagoon. Present
and recent environmental evolution of the lagoon was reconstructed based on series changes in the
lagoon area. This reconstruction was then linked to the governmental program and anthropogenic
intervention to reveal the complexity of the human-induced landscape evolution. Anthropogenic phe-
nomena were found to strongly influence the evolution of Segara Anakan lagoon, as recorded approxi-
mately through three phases of its evolution: 1) natural processes occurring continuously until 1960, 2)
human-induced landscape evolution, the boundary of which occurred in 1960–1980, and 3) the recent
anthropogenic evolution that has existed since 1980. |
