Land Cover Mapping As A Tool For Regional Landscape Inventory And Monitoring

Öz

The term “land cover” is a concept that helps to describe qualitative and quantitative aspects of landscape-level biophysical components of the environment. Land cover maps and the change information based on these maps are used as indicators for environmental quality and the trends that are observed in a landscape of interest. Landscape-level environmental monitoring refers to synoptic observations that involve environmental data collection and comparison for a particular phenomenon (e.g., urbanization, deforestation, etc.) and geographic region between start and end dates. Effectivenes of landscape-level monitoring strongly depends on accurate mapping of land cover that is mostly referred to as the indicator of landscape-level environment. In this respect, high accessibility of remotely sensed datasets and processing tools can be regarded as an advantage. This paper describes a methodology that is based on satellite remote sensing data (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer-ASTER) and that involves hybrid classification approach for landscape characterization on a regional scale. The proposed methodology is described and discussed in the light of a research project supported by TUBITAK (Grant no: 107Y153) conducted in the Central, Tarsus and Erdemli districts of Mersin province, Turkey.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Land cover,mapping,ASTER,regional planning,landscape character

Proje Numarası

107Y153

Bölgesel Ölçekli Peyzaj Envanteri ve İzleme için Bir Araç Olarak Arazi Örtüsü Haritalama

Öz

Arazi örtüsü, çevrenin peyzaj düzeyindeki biyo-fiziksel bileşenlerin nitel ve nicel özelliklerinin belirlenmesini sağlayan bir kavramdır. Arazi örtüsü haritaları ve bazı durumlarda bu haritalardan üretilen çevresel değişim bilgisi, çevre kalitesi ve çevresel trendler için bir gösterge olarak kullanılmaktadır. Peyzaj düzeyinde çevresel izleme, belirli bir coğrafi bölgede, başlangıç ve sonuç tarihleri arasında belirli bir olguyu tanımlamak için yapılan; çevresel veri toplama ve karşılaştırmayı içeren, standart olarak tekrarlanan gözlemleri kapsayan bir olgudur. Peyzajların korunması ve yönetimi için gerekli olan izlemenin etkinliği, peyzaj düzeyinde çevresel bilginin indikatörü olan arazi örtüsünün yüksek doğrulukla haritalanmasına bağlıdır. Uydu uzaktan algılama verilerinin ve veri işleme yöntemlerinin günümüzde yaygın bir şekilde erişilebilir olması bu açıdan bir avantaj olarak değerlendirilebilir. Bu araştırma, peyzajların bölgesel düzeyde karakterizasyonu için ana bilgi kaynağını oluşturan arazi örtüsü haritalarının oluşturulmasında uydu uzaktan algılama verileri (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer-ASTER) ve yardımcı verilerin kullanıldığı; hibrit sınıflama yöntemlerini içeren bir süreç tarif edilmiştir. TÜBİTAK tarafından desteklenmiş olan 107Y153 No’lu Proje çıktıları ışığında, Mersin İli’nin Merkez, Erdemli ve Tarsus ilçe sınırlarını içeren araştırma alanı örneğinde tanımlanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• arazi örtüsü,haritalama,ASTER,Bölgesel Planlama,peyzaj karakteri,Mersin

Destekleyen Kurum

TÜRKİYE BİLİMSEL VE TEKNOLOJİK ARAŞTIRMA KURUMU

Proje Numarası

107Y153

Teşekkür

Bu proje Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu (TÜBİTAK) tarafından 107Y153 Proje kodu ile desteklenmiştir.

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