MODEL PERUBAHAN PENUTUPAN/PENGGUNAAN LAHAN UNTUK IDENTIFIKASI LAHAN KRITIS DI KABUPATEN BOGOR, KABUPATEN CIANJUR, DAN KABUPATEN SUKABUMI (Land Use/Cover Change Models to Identify the Critical Land in Bogor Regency, Cianjur Regency, and Sukabumi Regency)

Over used of land can caused the degradation, it can be lead to the critical of the land. The impacts of this issue such as the decreasing of the soil characteristics quality, conservation function, production, affecting social and economic of the society which used the land. This research aims to identify the critical land based on the land use cover change models with Artificial Neural Network (ANN) method. This research shows the critical lands including land with the slope which has been converted with the land use cover change models. The main factors caused land converse are the high of need of food, clothing, and shelter, cause of the increasing population density. Besides those factors, the shape of slope, distance from the road and settlements are also the result of the land changing. The efforts in using the land should be supported by the increasing of the human resources, which are not only be oriented on the need of social and economic, but also on the sustainable environment.