Determination of Land Use Capabilities by GIS Analysis in Nigde Province, Turkey

Abstract

This study was carried out with the aim of spatial evaluation of land use capabilities and subclasses by using 1/25.000 scaled digital soil maps of Niğde central district borders. For this purpose, spatial distribution maps of land use capabilities were created by using Arc GIS 10.3.1 which is one of the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software. Within the scope of the research, it has been observed that the 7th class lands are in the majority compared to other land classes within the borders of the central district of Niğde and the ratio of these lands in the total area is 31.68% (864.62 km2). Class I lands in the research area cover 6.76% of the total area (184.47 km2) and II. class lands correspond to 16.61% of the total area with 453.19 km2. It was determined that the areas with slope and erosion damage and soil deficiency in the study area correspond to 39.60% of the total area and cover an area of 1080.63 km2. In the study, it will be inevitable that the spatial distribution maps of the land use capabilities will provide important contributions and basic bases to this and similar studies to be made for agricultural purposes in the center of Niğde in the future.

Keywords

• Land Use Capabilities
• GIS Mapping
• Spatial Analysis
• Nigde province
• Turkey

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