Modelling cellular automata for the development of settlement area Bengkulu City

Population and development activity increasing push will demand higher settlements. Population density is low and becomes higher along with population growth rate and leads to centralization of settlements in certain sub-districts that will shape the dispersion pattern of settlements. The research method used in this research is Cellular Automata Modeling and Geographic Information System. The purpose of this research to identify the pattern of distribution of settlements based on population density in 2032 in Bengkulu city. The results show that the pattern of settlement distribution in the western part of Bengkulu city has high Density level and distribution pattern of clustering settlements while the North-East-South has medium to low density of population and distribution pattern of random settlement.