Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, cilt.25, sa.3, ss.636-643, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
A European Green Deal is a comprehensive growth strategy called for in 2019
to ensure decisive action to tackle climate and environmental challenges. The main
topics of this strategy are to protect ecosystem services and biodiversity, to ensure
sustainable and smart mobility. These main headings are the main outputs of green
infrastructure systems and these outputs form the framework of the study. Green
infrastructure system has the potential to provide missing ecosystem services in many
urban areas, as well as combining ecological and social benefits. However, although
many cities have independent green spaces, they cannot benefit from the advantages of
the green infrastructure system due to the unplanned ecological connections. This study
aims to propose a holistic ecological network system by integrating urban green lands
into the green infrastructure system. In this context, urban green areas were determined
by using remote sensing and geographical information systems with the help of satellite
images in Konyaaltı, Antalya/Turkey. Then, in order to ensure the structural and
functional continuity of the landscapes, ecological corridors were created by combining
green lands with rivers and highways which are the connecting elements of the green
infrastructure system. Finally, potential ecological corridor suggestions are presented in
order for the established green infrastructure system to serve the whole city. This study
is an example of the establishment and development of green infrastructure systems by
connecting green lands with ecological corridors in constantly growing and expanding
cities and provides a model that will contribute to the protection of biodiversity in urban
planning strategies