Investigation of land cover change with GIS using CORINE data

Abstract

Population growth leads to the growth of cities and the destruction of natural areas. Urban growth triggers changes in land cover. Determining the change effects in land cover is essential for sustainable policies. The temporal data were produced from the CORINE data for the years 1990, 2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018 for evaluating and understanding the land cover change. When the land cover change data of the study area were examined, an increase of 251.75% with +13.290 km2 was detected in the artificial surfaces class. It is seen that from the results, The results the study area is under intense urbanization pressure.