In today's world geography,
the migration from rural area to urban areas continues and the increasing urban
population causes vertical and horizontal urban growth. Many factors, such as
spatial growth of cities due to population growth, orientation of high level
income group towards outskirts of cities, large scale mass housing projects, and
higher education facilities attached to cities, realization of large scale
public investments because of low land cost cause urban sprawl. In the
historical process, the urban settlements have been shaped by a variety of
factors such as the needs of the society, the security, the natural
environment, the proximity to the agricultural areas, the proximity to the
water bodies and the landscape. At the present case, cities are widening
towards unsuitable areas. It is important to take control of expansion of
cities and to canalize it towards the most appropriate sites. Similar to other
cities in Turkey, orientation of urban expansion in Kırklareli city is a
necessity for sustainable urban development. The purpose of the study is to
determine the most suitable new development areas by using weighted overlay
method considering the slope, aspect, land use, soil classes, erosion status,
geological structure, proximity to natural drainage systems, proximity to transportation
connections, proximity to urban facilities and urban settled area criteria. In
the study Geographic Information Systems technology was used. The dataset was
overlaid predominantly and the settlement suitability level was determined
according to the scores of the each cells.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Mühendislik |
Bölüm | Research Articles |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 2 Aralık 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 |
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