İzmir İli Metropol Kıyı İlçelerinin Peyzaj Yapı Analizi
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: Çiğdem COŞKUN HEPCAN, Merve ÖZEREN ALKAN, Şerif HEPCAN, MEHMET BÜLENT ÖZKAN
Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, Refereed Journals of Other Institutions, International, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM), 2015, vol 52, pp 353-362
DOI: 10.20289/euzfd.58229
Summary
<p>This paper analyzed landscape pattern and the effects of urbanization on the landscape pattern of the coastal metropolis districts of Izmir (Konak, Bayraklı, Karşıyaka, Çiğli, Balçova, Narlıdere and Güzelbahçe) in 1963, 1995 and 2005 by using landscape metrics. To accomplish this analysis, the land use/cover maps were derived from CORONA satellite images, aerial photographs and IKONOS satellite images taken in 1963, 1995, and 2005 respectively. The six landscape metrics were: Class Area (CA), Number of Patches (NP), Percentage of Landscape (PLAND), Landscape Shape Index (LSI), Mean Patch Size (AREA_MN), and Connectance Index (CONNECT). FRAGSTATS 3.4 was used to analyze landscape patterns of the aforementioned districts. The results suggested that the landscape pattern of Izmir has significantly changed over time. The main reason is conversion of natural vegetation and arable lands into urban fabric. Urban areas expanded over low or medium slope agricultural lands and natural vegetation (mostly maquis) cover in the study area. Additionally, forest vegetation has been fragmented in all districts. While Güzelbahçe and Balçova were the most urbanized settlements, Bayraklı and Narlıdere are the districts where the largest agricultural lands were lost and replaced by urbanization. </p>