Investigation of Land Use on Selected Villages in The Iznik Lake Basin

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dc.contributor.authorAkbulak, Cengiz
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:22:08Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:22:08Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study was prepared in order to explain land use features and associated problems in the Iznik Lake basin located at southeastern part of the Marmara region, and to expose some proposals with a view to solve these problems. Three villages located at morphologically different areas were selected both to examine land use in detail in the basin and to clarify more explicitly the diversites in usage of space. The land use features at these villages were determined using cadastral plans with scale of 1/5000. As the main economical source of living in the study area, the agricultural activities play an essential role on the present condition of land use, and show different characteristics in the basin scale. It was observed that various sort of crops, especially olive, are cultivated using intensive agricultural methods at low plains and at the base of the basin, whereas cereals and bait cultivating are carried out using dry-farming methods at plateaux areas, which surround lower plains. Stockbreeding and forestry are, however, predominant at the mountainous areas, where the agricultural activities are restricted to a large scale. The most important problem resulted from land use is erosion. Particularly, destruction of the forest lands to get agricultural areas on steep slopes increased erosion at the Iznik Lake basin. As a matter of fact, various parts of the area has lost their economic potential for the soil cover was almost entirely eroded. Thus, it is an urgent need to impede destruction of forest lands to decrease severity of erosion. Soil conservation measures should also be taken at agricultural areas. The main factors that prevent to benefit from the lands optimally are rapidly occupation of fertile agricultural areas by settlements and industrial foundations; unreasonable usage of soils, and existance of small fragmented agricultural land units. As result, it seems possible to overcome the problems involved both by considering the principle of use-conservation of the potential resources in the basin, and putting into practice the planning studies based on scientific criterion.
dc.identifier.endpage43
dc.identifier.issn1302-7212
dc.identifier.issn1305-2128
dc.identifier.issue15
dc.identifier.startpage24
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/29170
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000447344700003
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherIstanbul Univ, Fac Letters, Dept Geography
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Geography-Cografya Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectIznik Lake Basin
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectagricultural activities
dc.subjecterosion
dc.titleInvestigation of Land Use on Selected Villages in The Iznik Lake Basin
dc.typeArticle

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