Research Article

Assessment of Basic Green Infrastructure Components as Part of Landscape Structure for Siirt

Volume: 16 Number: 2 December 30, 2020
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Assessment of Basic Green Infrastructure Components as Part of Landscape Structure for Siirt

Abstract

The aim of this study is to create a high-scaled green infrastructure plan for the Siirt, using ecological planning principles. In order to create this plan, the cores, corridors and sites, which are green infrastructure components, were determined using 1/100.000 scale Environmental Plan. Landscape core areas have been analysed using landscape structure metrics, and evaluated in terms of fragmentation, connectivity and isolation. In this way, the areas that are of high importance in terms of the landscape structure that will form the basis of the Siirt green infrastructure plan were determined. For landscape connectivity, links have been established between areas whose function is important in the landscape by using least-cost-path and Euclidean distance methods. As a result, the ecological roles and importance of the components in the landscape structure determined the green infrastructure plan framework for the Siirt. Considering these evaluations, a biodiversity network, arable network and green access network were created and a green infrastructure plan was designed in Siirt. In this study, while planning a green infrastructure on the upper scale, the fragmentation of the components, which ones can be protected or recovered, and how the strategies formed according to the results of the analysis can be included and applied in other plans were evaluated with an holistic approach. The results of this study and the method used will contribute to other studies in terms of applicability.

Keywords

Green infrastructure , landscape structure , landscape connectivity , ecological planning , Siirt

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APA
Sütünç, H. S., & Çorbacı, Ö. L. (2020). Assessment of Basic Green Infrastructure Components as Part of Landscape Structure for Siirt. Düzce Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Ormancılık Dergisi, 16(2), 70-88. https://izlik.org/JA79SX44UY