Analyzing landscape change and urban sprawl in a mediterranean coastal landscape: A case study from Izmir, Turkey

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-310

  Hepcan, Serif ^a   Hepcan, Cigdem Coskun ^a   Kilicaslan, Cigdem ^b   Ozkan, Mehmet Bulent ^a   Kocan, Nurhan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

coastal area; Izmir; Landscape change; Turkey; urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASTER; COASTAL ZONE; CORONA [SATELLITE]; DATA INTERPRETATION; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

IZMIR [TURKEY]; IZMIR BAY; TURKEY;

EID: 84875140182     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00064.1     Document Type: Article

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