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- Title
Land-use change and urbanization of Adana, Turkey.
- Authors
H. Alphan
- Abstract
This study analyses land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes in Adana city, Turkey, using satellite data of 1984 and 2000. Study of the expansion of the city over adjacent agricultural fields and semi-natural areas was the major focus. The satellite images were classified using supervised classification prior to comparison of LULC on two different dates. The change map was produced by pixel-to-pixel comparison of the classified images. Urban and built-up area increased by a factor of 2ċ07 during the 16 years; about 30 per cent on agricultural land and 70 per cent on previously semi-natural land. Permanent immigration and urban development strategies were the main driving forces. Some policy perspectives are also given. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
LAND use; REMOTE-sensing images; CITIES &; towns; EMIGRATION &; immigration
- Publication
Land Degradation & Development, 2003, Vol 14, Issue 6, p575
- ISSN
1085-3278
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ldr.581