Analysis of land use change and urbanization in the Kucukcekmece Water basin (Istanbul, Turkey) with temporal satellite data using remote sensing and GIS

H. Gonca Coskun, Ugur Alganci, Gokce Usta

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Abstract

Accurate and timely information about land use and land cover (LULC) and its changes in urban areas are crucial for urban land management decision-making, ecosystem monitoring and urban planning. Also, monitoring and representation of urban sprawl and its effects on the LULC patterns and hydrological processes of an urbanized watershed is an essential part of water resource planning and management. This paper presents an image analysis study using multi temporal digital satellite imagery of LULC and changes in the Kucukcekmece Watershed (Metropolitan Istanbul, Turkey) from 1992 to 2006. The Kucukcekmece Basin includes portions of the Kucukcekmece District within the municipality of Istanbul so it faces a dramatic urbanization. An urban monitoring analysis approach was first used to implement a land cover classification. A change detection method controlled with ground truth information was then used to determine changes in land cover. During the study period, the variability and magnitude of hydrological components based on land-use patterns were cumulatively influenced by urban sprawl in the watershed. The proposed approach, which uses a combination of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques, is an effective tool that enhances land-use monitoring, planning, and management of urbanized watersheds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7213-7223
Number of pages11
JournalSensors
Volume8
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2008

Keywords

  • GIS
  • Image analysis and land use classification
  • Remote sensing
  • Urban monitoring
  • Water basin

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