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Interactions Between Rural Migration And Land Use Change In The Forest Villages In The Gökçay Watershed, Ceyhun Göl, Sezgi̇n Özden, Hüseyi̇n Yilmaz
Interactions Between Rural Migration And Land Use Change In The Forest Villages In The Gökçay Watershed, Ceyhun Göl, Sezgi̇n Özden, Hüseyi̇n Yilmaz
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
This study was carried out to analyze the spatial and temporal pattern of land use/land cover change (from 1955 to 2008) and migration movement (from 1935 to 2007) in the Gökçay River Watershed. To assess this period, the necessary data were obtained from forest stand maps (1955 and 2008) and evaluated by using Geographic Information Systems. Maps of the study area dated 1955 and 2008 have been analyzed, and land use type and change on the land pattern have been investigated. The data reveal that the percentage of forest area, which was 47% in 1955, rose to 50% in 2008; …
Agroecological Land Use Potential Of Amik Plain, Turkey, Şeref Kiliç
Agroecological Land Use Potential Of Amik Plain, Turkey, Şeref Kiliç
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
The loss of agricultural land due to the development of other land uses has increasingly become an issue of local, regional, and national concern in Turkey. This study was aimed at evaluating land use potential and suitability of 174 land mapping units of 72,544 ha in Amik Plain (Hatay, Turkey) for 21 different land use types. For this purpose, land suitability evaluation was carried out using soil and land data and a PC-compatible ILSEN software package program developed by the SENOL land evaluation system. Our study showed that out of 39 potential groups, 26 combined land uses and land covers …