Abstract
The proximity of mineral extraction sites to settlements is a conflicting issue for urban studies. This study aims at exploring the change in the proximity of mines to settlements in Turkey between the years 2012 and 2018 and determining the cities which continue to be near mineral extraction sites. For this aim, analysis tools of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used with the mineral extraction sites and urban settlements layers of the Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) land cover data of Turkey for these years. The findings of this study showed that the area of mines adjacent to settlements is increased from nearly 19905 hectares to nearly 21305 hectares and the area of mineral extraction sites within 1 and 500 meters to the nearest settlements is increased from nearly 16421 hectares to nearly 19967 hectares from 2012 to 2018.
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