The impact of economic growth oriented development policies on landscape changes in Istanbul Province in Turkey

CENGİZ S., ATMİŞ E., GÖRMÜŞ CENGİZ S.

LAND USE POLICY, cilt.87, 2019 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 87
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104086
  • Dergi Adı: LAND USE POLICY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Built environment, Forest, Land use policy, Land use transition, Urbanization, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN-RENEWAL, TRANSFORMATION, CONSTRUCTION, CONSERVATION, REGENERATION, FORESTS, SPACE, AREAS, INDEX
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study has been conducted based on the main question how urban policies focusing on economic growth and urban sprawl affect green areas and forests in the course of time. Its main goal is to assess the effects of Turkey's rapid urbanization policy on the green areas in Istanbul. The sub-goals of the study are: (i) To determine the land use and land change in 1984-2000-2017, (ii) To explain the ecological response of the pressure of land change on urban green areas and (iii) To discuss the urban and forestry policies accelerating change of land use.