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Articles | Volume XLII-3/W4
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W4-263-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W4-263-2018
06 Mar 2018
 | 06 Mar 2018

USING GIS FOR DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE URBAN GROWTH CASE KYRENIA REGION

C. Kara and N. Akçit

Keywords: GIS, MCE, Sustainable Urban Growth, Urban Analysis, Kyrenia

Abstract. It is critical to develop urban layers for analysis sustainable urban development possibilities within planning process. Kyrenia Region has many physical, environmental or economic issues that may danger the growth possibilities in sustainable manner. From this point, this study uses different spatial layers such as slope, distance to roads, distance to central zone, vegetation, soil productivity, environmental protection zones, distance to open/green space, distance to education for supporting sustainable urban growth policies and define suitable areas for urban development within this perspective. The study tries to convert sustainable urban growth policies such as; compact growth, environmental protection, equal accessibility to basic services; into spatial layers and establish proper framework for multi criteria evaluation in Kyrenia Region within using geographical information systems. It shows suitability values for Kyrenia region and constraints zones at final section. It clearly presents the suitable areas for the sustainable urbanization and also unsuitable or risky areas for reducing the possible disasters and may happen in the future.