Monitoring land use change in the Çeşme coastal zone, Turkey using aerial photographs and satellite imaging
✍ Scribed by Ç. C. Hepcan; İ. A. Turan; M. B. Özkan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 767 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1085-3278
- DOI
- 10.1002/ldr.997
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✦ Synopsis
Humans change the landscapes and especially the coastal zones for their requirements. The aim of the study was to analyse land use changes in the C ¸es ¸me coastal zone, Turkey, during a 48-year period using remote sensing and GIS. In this study, land use changes in the C ¸es ¸me coastal zone were analysed using the four sets of land use maps derived from aerial photographs and classified satellite image taken in the years 1957, 1976, 1995 and 2005. Post-classification algorithm change detection was applied to observe land use changes during three time periods: Period 1 (1957-1976), Period 2 (1976-1995) and Period 3 (1995-2005). The results showed that natural land cover and agricultural lands decreased and built-up area increased throughout the study area during the 48-year period between 1957 and 2005. Furthermore, land use change was successively increased in Period 1, Period 3 and Period 2.