Özet:

Today, unplanned urbanization has gained increasing momentum as a result of rapid population growth and distorted construction. In order to prevent this, it is of great importance to determine the current situation of the land uses by determining them temporally and spatially. Its’ one of the most convenient and realistic ways is landuse change monitoring techniques using satellite images. In this study, satellite images were analyzed by using Geographical Information Systems in Nazilli District of Aydın province (approximately 2919 ha), spatial and temporal changes of land cover/land use (LC/LU) were determined. Using the Google Earth satellite imagery of the district in 2004 and 2019, manual classification was made with ArcGIS 10.5 program, five main LC/LU classes were created and digitized. The data obtained were compared and the change of LC/LU of the district center in 15 years period was determined. According to the results; while the agricultural areas had an area of 1643,80 ha in 2004, these areas were calculated as 1243,96 ha in 2019. The residential and industrial areas which were 996,31 ha in 2004 increased to 1139,38 ha in 2019. The total amount of active and passive green areas in the area increased from 215.06ha in 2004 to 327.40ha in 2019. In the research, the reasons of this change were examined and suggestions were made.

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