Urbanisation and deforestration: A case study from a mega city - Istanbul

Dursun Zafer Seker; Sinasi Kaya; Aysegul Tanik; Esin Bitik; Hakan Denli

Urbanisation and deforestration: A case study from a mega city - Istanbul

Dursun Zafer Seker^*
, Sinasi Kaya
, Aysegul Tanik
, Esin Bitik
, Hakan Denli

^*Corresponding author for this work

Istanbul Technical University

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Abstract

This study aims to examine the temporal impact of rapid urban growth on forest cover in the mega city of Istanbul between the years 1987-2011. Currently, Istanbul is ranked among the most crowded cities of the world with an approximate current population of 14 million. It hosts 18.3% of the overall population of the country. Urbanization and industrialization in addition to migration from the other regions of Turkey for benefitting from better employment opportunities within years are the main causes of the urban sprawl especially within the past few decades. The main forestry area located mostly at the northern part of the city has been severely damaged during the examined period. In the study, spatial distribution of forests and their corresponding temporal changes were analyzed and presented by utilizing the modern technological tools of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013
Publisher	Asian Association on Remote Sensing
Pages	1815-1819
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781629939100
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013 - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 20 Oct 2013 → 24 Oct 2013

Publication series

Name	34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013
Volume	2

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Conference	34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Bali
Period	20/10/13 → 24/10/13

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Deforestation
Istanbul
Remote sensing
Temporal land-use change
Urbanization

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Seker, DZ , Kaya, S, Tanik, A, Bitik, E & Denli, H 2013, Urbanisation and deforestration: A case study from a mega city - Istanbul. in 34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013. 34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013, vol. 2, Asian Association on Remote Sensing, pp. 1815-1819, 34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013, Bali, Indonesia, 20/10/13.

Urbanisation and deforestration: A case study from a mega city - Istanbul. / Seker, Dursun Zafer ; Kaya, Sinasi; Tanik, Aysegul et al.
34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013. Asian Association on Remote Sensing, 2013. p. 1815-1819 (34th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2013, ACRS 2013; Vol. 2).

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Urbanisation and deforestration: A case study from a mega city - Istanbul

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