In this study, traffic noise in Seferihisar, which is a holiday resort by the Aegean Sea in the West of Turkey, was investigated. The noise occurring in summer and winter, on weekdays, and at weekends was mapped separately. Besides, land uses exposed to traffic noise were specified. In the carried out method, the land uses were primarily mapped by using the satellite images of the study area. Then, the noise was measured at 46 points during ten days in summer and winter, on weekdays and at weekends, and it was mapped by using Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) method and by means of Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques. The measurements were taken in the daytime (07:00-19:00), in the evening (19:00-23:00), and at night (23:00-07:00) as stated in the Turkish Regulation of Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise. Since the time interval of the daytime measurements was large, the noise was measured in three different periods for the daytime measurements. In the formation of noise maps, logarithmic averages of all measurements taken at each point were used. The noise maps were overlapped with the land use maps by the help of the GIS techniques; the land use affected by the noise was analyzed.The results showed that the road traffic noise varied from summer to winter seasons in the study area depending on heavy or light traffic. The noise occurring in summer showed an increase both on weekdays and at weekends. While the limit value was exceeded in 49 of the measurement averages taken in winter, the limit value was exceeded in 96 measurements taken in summer. The noise maps formed according to the IDW method displayed that the areas in which the limit value was exceeded in the daytime in summer took up 14.27% of the study area while this rate went down to 4.06% in winter. The study area is one of the most important destinations for summer holiday. 20.12% of the area that exceeded the limit value in summer was builtup and 10.69% of them was tourism area. The noise together with population and traffic that increase in summer season is an important environmental problem against which some precautions should be taken. The findings of the study present significant results which might guide local governments in preventing and managing the noise.

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The aim of this study is to prepare a sample landscape plan in order to evaluate the possibilities of integrating a landscape plan that is not involved in the spatial planning process in our country into the planning process. The area chosen for the case study covers the central districts of Adana province, Yüreğir, Seyhan, Sarıçam and Çukurova. In our country, there are bottlenecks that require the change of the spatial planning system, such as having more than one authority and responsibility within the legal and administrative framework, lack of coordination and cooperation between institutions, and the continuation of the traditional type of planning. Within the scope of the possibilities of transferring the findings of the research field into practice, it is aimed to determine the current spatial planning process in our country and the bottlenecks encountered in this process. At the preparation stages of this plan, which is intended to be a bedplate for the zoning plans, the natural landscape inventory and land cover of the area have been examined firstly, and 1935 different landscape character types have been determined as a result of the landscape character analysis conducted in the light of the obtained data. In the research area with urban, rural and natural landscape elements, 25 landscape character areas have been determined and landscape data catalogs have been prepared based on landscape character types, landscape patterns and survey studies. As a result, in the solving of the problems encountered in spatial planning practice, a sample landscape plan proposal has been prepared in order to produce land use decisions based on ecological data protection.

Hızlı nüfus artışına paralel olarak doğal kaynaklar üzerinde baskı artmakta, ekosistemlerin nitelik ve nicelik bakımından özellikleri değişmektedir. Bu değişim arazi örtüsü/alan kullanımı üzerinde ciddi sorunlar oluşturmakta ve kaynakların sürdürülebilir kullanımını riske atmaktadır. Bu nedenle ekosistem hizmetlerinin potansiyel analizinin yapılması, alan kullanım yönetim sürecinde büyük önem taşımaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Adana Sarıçam ilçesi örneğinde arazi örtüsü/alan kullanımı değişiminin ekosistem hizmetleri üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. Ekosistem hizmetlerinin potansiyel arzını bütüncül bir bakış açısıyla değerlendirmek için uzman odaklı matris metot yaklaşımı kullanılmıştır. Oluşturulan ekosistem hizmetleri sonuç haritasına göre, çalışma alanındaki en önemli ekosistem hizmeti sunan kullanımların ekilebilir alanlar, iğne yapraklı ormanlar, çayır-mera alanları ile makilik alanlar olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında elde edilen alan kullanımı verileri, ekosistem hizmetleri matris ve haritalarının planlama çalışmalarında altlık veri olarak kullanılması hedeflenmiştir.