| Yazarlar |
Prof. Dr. Fatih SİVRİKAYA
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Günay Çakır
Gümüşhane Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Abdullah Emin Akay
Bursa Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Land use/cover change impacts ecosystem services and functions such as forest health, biodiversity, and water production. Monitoring and assessing land use/cover changes provides an effective and accurate evaluation of human impact on the forest ecosystems. This study aims to determine spatial and temporal changes in land use/cover at a particular time period in a typical forest ecosystem of Turkey using geographical information systems (GIS). Specifically, the objective of this study is to analyze the main factors driving land use/cover change and the impacts of such changes in local and global perspective. Results showed that the total forested areas decreased from 5089 ha (41% of the study area) to 4426 ha (36% of the study area) during a 21 year period, which figures a net decrease of 663 ha (5%) forest areas and the average annual deforestation rate was 32 ha. Conifer forest (161 ha) completely transitioned to other cover types over 21-year period. Three major factors including distance from villages, distance from roads, and ground elevation were considered in evaluating forest disturbance. The results showed that these factors influence the reforestation/deforestation rates. Besides, forest disturbance was found to be closely related to distance from villages, distance from roads, and elevation. © 2011 Academic Journals. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Deforestation | Geographical information systems (GIS) | Human activities | Land use/cover change | Proximity analysis |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Scientific Research and Essays |
| Dergi ISSN | 1992-2248 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCOPUS |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2011 |
| Cilt No | 6 |
| Sayı | 17 |
| Sayfalar | 3684 / 3696 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.5897/SRE |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| SCOPUS | 9 |
| Google Scholar | 25 |
