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Examining the decisions in climate action plans in terms of land Cover: The case studies of Trabzon and Sanliurfa

İklim eylem planı kararlarının arazi örtüsü açısından incelenmesi: Trabzon ve Şanlıurfa örnek çalışmaları

Asya Kocabıyık(DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0009-0001-4171-9711
İlgi Atay Kaya(DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MİMARLIK FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0002-1764-1408
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2025-06-30
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As a result, solution suggestions were presented to increase their effectiveness in the fight against climate change.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Climate change is one of the most critical issues facing the world.
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Key Findings & Data:In the fight against these impacts, various strategies and action plans are being developed for cities.
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⚙️Variables:Climate action plans · remote sensing · land cover

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Climate change is one of the most critical issues facing the world. The impacts of climate change are felt differently across various geographical areas. In the fight against these impacts, various strategies and action plans are being developed for cities. These action plans and strategies should be created in a way that provides solutions to the unique issues of each geography. In today's action plans and strategies, many targets cannot be implemented due to various reasons. The effective reflection of the strategies and action plans developed for cities in spatial decisions is crucial in combating the impacts of climate change. The extent to which the strategies in urban action plans align with spatial decisions can be detected through remote sensing systems. This study is structured in two stages, including the content analysis of the climate action plans of Trabzon and Şanlıurfa and land cover analysis with the controlled classification method to evaluate the content and spatial effectiveness of climate action plans in different geographies. As a result of the analysis, land cover amounts and distributions were determined for these two cities with controlled classification by using the Google Earth Engine platform and Sentinel-2 satellite images. The content analysis of the climate action plans was created, and their coherence with spatial decisions on land cover was evaluated. As a result, solution suggestions were presented to increase their effectiveness in the fight against climate change.

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İklim değişikliği Dünya’nın yüzleştiği en kritik sorunlardan biridir. İklim değişikliği etkileri bütün coğrafyalarda farklı şekilde hissedilmektedir. Bu etkilerle mücadele kapsamında, kentler için çeşitli stratejiler ve eylem planları geliştirilmektedir. Eylem planları ve stratejiler, her bir coğrafyanın özgün sorunlarına çözüm üretilecek şekilde oluşturulmalıdır. Günümüz eylem planlarında ve stratejilerinde birçok hedef, çeşitli nedenlerle uygulanamamaktadır. Kentlere yönelik geliştirilen stratejilerin ve eylem planlarının, mekânsal kararlara etkin bir şekilde yansıması, iklim değişikliği etkileri ile etkin mücadelede büyük önem taşır. Kentlerin eylem planlarında yer alan stratejilerin mekânsal kararlarla ne ölçüde bütünlük sağladığının kontrolü, uzaktan algılama sistemleri ile tespit edilebilmektedir. Bu çalışma, iklim eylem planlarının farklı coğrafyalarda içeriklerinin ve mekânsal etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla, Trabzon ve Şanlıurfa’nın iklim eylem planlarının içerik analizi ve kontrollü sınıflandırma yöntemi ile arazi örtüsü analizini içerecek şekilde iki aşama olarak kurgulanmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda bu iki şehir için Google Earth Engine platformu ve Sentinel-2 uydu görüntüleri kullanılarak kontrollü sınıflandırma ile arazi örtüsü miktarları ve dağılımları tespit edilmiştir. İklim eylem planlarının içerik analizi oluşturulmuş ve arazi örtüsündeki mekânsal kararlar ile bütünlüğü değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, iklim değişikliği ile mücadele kapsamında etkinliğinin nasıl arttırılabileceğine yönelik çözüm önerileri sunulmuştur.

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Kocabıyık, A., Kaya, İ. A. (2025). Examining the decisions in climate action plans in terms of land Cover: The case studies of Trabzon and Sanliurfa. Türkiye Uzaktan Algılama Dergisi, Volume: 7 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.51489/tuzal.1593068

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