AN ANALYSIS OF TEMPORAL CHANGES OF NIGDE CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS

Uncontrolled spatiotemporal changes in large urban areas can produce several problems such as environmental pollution, diminishing valuable agricultural lands; irregular industrialization and urbanization due to number and proportion of residents continue to increase. Recently, to evaluate uncontrolled temporal changes in urban areas, remote sensing and GIS have become important tools, because these techniques allow examination and management large amount of spatial and tabular data which would be impossible using manual interpretation. In this study, to protect limited resources, to prepare sustainable and suitable plans, urban dynamics of the Niğde city was examined and evaluated.