Study of Road Patterns and Space Formation in Settlement Areas on the Edge of Lake Laut Tawar, Aceh Tengah Regency

ABSTRACT: This research aims to find developments in road patterns from 2008 to 2024 and explain the influence of road patterns on the formation of settlements on the edge of Lake Laut Tawar. This research uses a quantitative descriptive approach and diachronic reading analysis techniques. This research uses overlapping maps (superimpose), surveys, and interviews. The results of this research are to find factors that influence the formation of settlements on the edge of Lake Laut Tawar, including the flat topographic conditions. Demographics continue to increase in the population of the study location. The social culture at the study location is that the residents who live on the edges of Lake Laut Tawar are residents who have family relationships. Distribution of space designations that change function from agricultural land to residential land. Land values vary on the edges of Lake Laut Tawar according to their zones.

KEYWORDS : Road Pattern, Lake Edge, Laut Tawar Lake