Abstract:
Environmental amenities are freely available and beneficial to humans directly or
indirectly. Carbon stock is one of the environmental amenities. The research objective is to
identify changes in environmental amenities in the city of Banjarmasin from 1990, 2004, and
2019. The method used in this research is a spatial approach with remote sensing and
geographic information systems. Carbon stocks have become environmental amenities that
are focused on research. Changes in environmental amenities in the city of Banjarmasin are
analyzed by observing changes in the type of vegetation land cover which are indicators of the
quality of environmental amenities for carbon stocks. In 1990-2004, carbon stock
environmental amenities decreased by 15% and in 2004-2019 decreased by 19%. Changes in
environmental amenities for carbon stocks in Banjarmasin City from 1990, 2004, and 2019
have always decreased by an average of 17%. Changes in the environmental amenities of
carbon stocks in the City of Banjarmasin are influenced by the decrease in the type of natural
vegetation land cover into developed land due to the development process being massive.
Keywords: Environmental Amenities, Change in Land Cover, Carbon Stocks.
