Özet:

The use of new digital datasets, which allow for accurate monitoring, analysis, and calculation of land use/cover (LU/LC) changes at national and international level using remote sensing (RS) and geographic information systems (GIS), has become widespread. The Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) monitoring system methodology was improved by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which is responsible for obtaining environmental data on a European scale and is used in 39 countries including Turkey. In this study, the aim was to determine the current situation for land use/cover and the changes that occurred between 2000-2006-2012-2018 in Iğdır according to the CORINE monitoring system and to reveal the causes for these changes. In the province of Iğdır, land use/cover types were defined accordingly the CORINE monitoring method and under 5 main headings at the 1st level (artificial surfaces, agricultural areas, forests and natural areas, wetlands, and water bodies), 12 different monitoring classes at the 2nd level and 23 different monitoring classes at the 3rd level were created. By making areal and proportional calculations for each six-year period of these classes, the changes in land use/cover status between 2000-2018 period were determined as an increase of 358.9 ha on artificial surfaces, 1850.8 ha in agricultural areas, and 18.5 ha in waterbodies; as a decrease of 2187.9 ha in forest and natural areas, and 153.6 ha in wetlands. The most common land use/cover class (16407.6 ha) and increase (4165.6 ha) on provincial land consists of sloping, shallow and low-yield areas covered with sparse vegetation.