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Impacts of urban growth on forest cover in Istanbul (1987–2007)

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This article reports findings of a study that examined the impacts of urban growth on forest cover in Istanbul between 1987 and 2007. Four Landsat images from 1987, 1990, 2000, and 2007 were classified with maximum likelihood supervised classification method by using ERDAS IMAGINE 9.1. Forest and urban areas were given highest importance in the classification, while other land-use characteristics, like agriculture and bare soil, were grouped into a third class as others. The study revealed that rapid increase in population and accompanying unplanned urban growth in Istanbul resulted in significant changes in land use after 1987. Urban areas have expanded 87.9% from 1987 to 2007, while forest areas declined 5.4% in the same period. One of the most significant results of the study was that total forest areas in Istanbul have increased 0.3% between 2000 and 2007. This suggests that progress has been made in Istanbul not only in having sustainable urban growth, but also in preserving, restoring, and even expanding forest areas, especially after the year 2000.

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  1. Department of Geography, Fatih University, Buyukcekmece, Istanbul, 34500, Turkey

    Ahmet Karaburun & Ali Demirci

  2. L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA

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Karaburun, A., Demirci, A. & Suen, IS. Impacts of urban growth on forest cover in Istanbul (1987–2007). Environ Monit Assess 166, 267–277 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-1000-z

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