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The analysis and evaluation of Mediterranean landscape patterns by using landscape metrics Case study The Princes Islands    
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HAKAN YENER
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In planning processes it is essential for sustainable landscapes to deal with reliable landscape planning decisions. The assessment of landscape patterns gives important clues as to the natural and cultural aspects of sustainable landscape features that may reveal. For this reason, the patch-corridor-matrix approach is effective in identifying the landscape pattern in the sense of quantitative assessment. Such identification can play a descriptive role for land use decisions and can provide foresight for the future landscape planning scenarios. The Princes ‘Islands are located at the transition border of euxine and Mediterranean flora regions. Therefore primarily with native Turkish pine (Pinus brutia) vegetation, the islands exhibit the first representatives of Mediterranean flora elements in the north. This area interprets a Mediterranean region in an Istanbul environment and exhibits therefore a privileged climatic and floristic structure. However the different needs arising from being an island brings diverse land uses and reflects a distinctive culture. As an often preferred place for weekend recreation activities Princes ‘Islands are exposed to intense use pressure. This" island landscape" is affected by multiple components and is separated with solid borders from the environment. Within a huge metropolis like Istanbul the Princes ‘Islands constitute important stepping stones in the ecological network and are significant at urban scale. They are extension of Mediterranean ecosystems. This structure depend on cultural and natural factors, brings different land cover/land use types forth, which were analyzed in manner of class and landscape level landscape …
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Bildiri Türü Tebliğ/Bildiri
Bildiri Alt Türü Tam Metin Olarak Yayınlanan Tebliğ (Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum)
Bildiri Niteliği Alanında Hakemli Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum
Bildiri Dili İngilizce
Kongre Adı International Congress on Landscape Ecology, Understanding Mediterranean Landscapes: Human vs Nature
Kongre Tarihi 23-10-2014 / 25-10-2014
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BM Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları
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