Typology, Dynamics, and Potential Disaster in The Coastal Area District Karst Gunungkidul

Muh Aris Marfai (Jurusan Geografi Lingkungan Fakultas Geografi Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta)
Ahmad Cahyadi (Program BEASISWA UNGGULAN BPKLN KEMDIKBUD RI pada Magister Perencanaan Pengelolaan Pesisir dan Daerah Aliran Sungai (MPPDAS) Fakultas Geografi UGM Yogyakarta)
Dini Feti Anggraini (Program BEASISWA UNGGULAN BPKLN KEMDIKBUD RI pada Magister Perencanaan Pengelolaan Pesisir dan Daerah Aliran Sungai (MPPDAS) Fakultas Geografi UGM Yogyakarta)

Forum Geografi
Vol 27, No 2 (2013): December 2013

This study aims to determine the typology, dynamics and potential disasters  in the coastal area of Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta Special Province. The results showed that the typology formed in the coastal region is structurally shaped karst Gunungkidul coast, Wave Erotion Coast, marine deposition coast, coast erosion land, coast and sub-aerial deposition of man-made coastal typology. Coastal dynamics that occur in karst  Gunungkidul coastal areas affected by dominant geodinamic processes, hydrodynamic and antropodinamic. There are several potential disaster in the karst Gunungkidul coastal region, namely tsunami, rip currents, abrasion, and waves reflection.