ANALYSIS OF THE BORDER CHANGE IN BEYŞEHIR LAKE AND KIZILDAĞ NATIONAL PARKS IN TERMS OF LAND COVER AND LAND USE

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Analyses land cover and land-use change is considered an important tool for assessing regional and global change at different spatial-temporal scales. Especially in recent years, remote sensing and geographic information systems have been used frequently to obtain fast and accurate information about land cover and land use and to ensure efficient flow of information. The aim of this study is to determine the changes that happened in land use and land cover as a result of the 2018 border change of Kızıldağ and Beyşehir Lake National Parks. For this purpose, Landsat TM and Landsat 8 Oli/TIRS images and CORINE data of Kızıldağ and Beyşehir Lake National Parks obtained in 1990, 2000, and 2018 were processed and analyzed in QGIS 3.10.0 software. As a result of the study, a comparison was made between the previous borders of Kızıldağ National Park and Beyşehir Lake National Park, which have fairly high natural resource values, and the changes in land cover and land use were revealed. According to this, the size of the area decreased by 4703.29 hectares to 82184.05 hectares in the Beyşehir Lake National Park, forest areas increased, and agriculture, pasture, and settlement areas decreased. Kızıldağ National Park reached an area of 80220.25 hectares, and Yenişarbademli district center and 4 villages were taken out of the border.

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Land cover , Change , Remote Sensing , Beyşehir Lake National Park , Kızıldağ National Park

International Journal of Geography and Geography Education

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International Journal of Geography and Geography Education