Gulgun Bahriye, Yörük Ismail, Turkyilmaz Bahar, Bolca Mustafa, Güneş Asli
Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
Environ Monit Assess. 2009 Mar;150(1-4):427-36. doi: 10.1007/s10661-008-0241-6. Epub 2008 Apr 11.
Today, as a result of erratic and unplanned urbanization, towns are rapidly becoming a mass of concrete and town-dwellers are suffocated by their busy and stressful professional lives. They feel a need for places where they can find breathing-space in their free time. Green areas within towns are important spaces where townspeople are able to carry out recreational activities. These places form a link between townspeople and nature. The importance of urban green areas is increasing with every passing day due to their social, psychological, ecological, physical and economic functions and their impact on the quality of towns. In this study it has been attempted to demonstrate the pressures of urban development on agricultural land by determining the changing land use situation over the years in the district of Akhisar. In this research, an aerial photograph from year 1939 and satellite images of the town from the years 2000 and 2007 were used. Land use changes in the region were determined spatially. As a result of this study, which aims to determine in which direction urbanization is progressing in the district, the importance of town planning emerges. This study will be informative for the local authorities in their future town planning projects. With its flat and almost flat fertile arable land, the district of Akhisar occupies an important position within the province of Manisa. From the point of view of olive production the region is one of Turkey's important centres. Fifty-five percent of the olive production in the province of Manisa is realized in Akhisar. However, the results of the present study show that while agricultural areas comprised 2.5805 km(2) in 1939, these had diminished to 1.5146 km(2) in the year 2000 and had diminished to 1.0762 km(2) in the year 2007 and residential area (dense) 0.449 km(2) occupied in 1939, in the year 2000 this had risen to 1.9472 and 2.3238 km(2) in the year 2007. This planless urbanization in the study area has led to great losses of farmland.
如今，由于城市化进程的不稳定和缺乏规划，城镇正迅速变成一片混凝土丛林，城镇居民被忙碌且压力重重的职业生活压得喘不过气来。他们感到需要一些能在闲暇时光找到喘息空间的地方。城镇中的绿地是城镇居民能够开展休闲活动的重要空间。这些地方构成了城镇居民与自然之间的纽带。由于城市绿地具有社会、心理、生态、身体和经济功能，以及它们对城镇品质的影响，其重要性与日俱增。在本研究中，试图通过确定阿希萨尔区多年来土地利用情况的变化，来展示城市发展对农业用地的压力。在这项研究中，使用了1939年的航空照片以及2000年和2007年该城镇的卫星图像。从空间上确定了该地区土地利用的变化。作为这项旨在确定该地区城市化发展方向的研究结果，城镇规划的重要性凸显出来。这项研究将为地方当局未来的城镇规划项目提供参考信息。阿希萨尔区拥有平坦且几乎平坦的肥沃耕地，在马尼萨省占据重要地位。从橄榄生产的角度来看，该地区是土耳其的重要中心之一。马尼萨省55%的橄榄产量来自阿希萨尔。然而，本研究结果表明，1939年农业面积为2.5805平方千米，到2000年减少至1.5146平方千米，2007年进一步减少至1.0762平方千米；1939年居住（密集）面积为0.449平方千米，2000年增至1.9472平方千米，2007年为2.3238平方千米。研究区域内这种无规划的城市化导致了大量农田流失。
