Analysis of Çanakkale City Center Active Green Area Potential in GIS Platform

Abstract

While cities are facing challenges such as uncontrolled growth, population growth, and climate change, environment and human-friendly solutions are sought to create more livable urban areas. Green areas in cities play an important role in improving the quality of life quality of life for residents and reducing the risks of the disasters. Urban green area planning is a holistic and strategic process in which qualitative and quantitative factors should be considered in detail. This study focuses on determining the qualities and potentials of urban green areas in the city center of Çanakkale province in western Turkey and determining the amount of green area per capita, which is one of the quantitative factors. In addition, the study also aims to draw conclusions about the distribution and accessibility of urban green areas. Determining the amount, accesibility and distribution of active green areas, which are intensively used by urban dwellers for recreational purposes and are the determinants of the presence of green area in the city, is important in terms of forming the basis for strategies that improve urban quality of life. In this study, the active green areas in various urban landscapes were determined by utilizing high spatial resolution satellite remote sensing images and the spatial distribution and accessibility analysis were performed in a geographic information systems (GIS) platform. The findings of this study provide a basis for the development of local green area strategies and contribute to the current discourse on livable and sustainable urban development.