The effects originating from population growth, unplanned urbanization and industry are increasingly being felt in the present century and enhancing their pressure on the environment. These pressures cause degradation of landscapes and irreversible losses in areas with sensitive ecosystems such as wetlands. These losses brought the environmental concerns to the forefront and the necessity to take steps in the international level accordingly. The European Landscape Convention, which was signed for the purpose of developing an international language association on the identification, conservation, management and planning of landscapes, is one of the most important steps taken in this regard. In accordance with ELC; all of the parties promised to identify their landscapes, to determine the landscape character types, and to monitor the change and transformation of the landscape. In this study, landscape character assessment method, which has an important role in decision making processes regarding planning, management, conservation and sustainable land use at Uluabat Lake and its surroundings, which is also a wetland with international importance, was used based on ELC, to which our country is one of the parties. The study focused on the determination of landscape type and character areas in landscape character analysis, which is a stage of landscape character assessment method. The Ramsar buffer zone limits were considered while determining the working area. As a result of the study which was supported by GIS techniques and land investigations, 229 landscape character types and 7 landscape character areas were identified. Suggestions for sustainable land use were developed by putting forth pressure elements on each landscape character area identified.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Environmental Sciences, Architecture |
Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | September 15, 2020 |
Acceptance Date | May 16, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 21 Issue: 2 |