In addition to the growing world population, continuous migration from rural areas to city centers leads to rapid population growth in urban centers, bringing with it a change in land use/cover in those areas. This change usually manifests itself as an increase in artificial surfaces and a decrease in agricultural areas and forestlands. However, agricultural areas and forests in the vicinity of city centers contain sensitive ecosystems that require careful monitoring. It is crucial that the impact of population growth in the city centers on these areas is determined. This study aims to determine the changes in the land cover in Kastamonu city center between 1999 and 2014. As part of the study, changes in the population of the city center, as well as in the use of urban spaces within the past 15 years, were investigated to determine how population growth affected land use/cover. Changes in land use/cover were assessed under 12 classes with the use of remote sensing methods on stand-type maps created by the aerial photos. According to the results of the study, a 519.5-ha agricultural area and a 86-ha forest area became artificial surfaces in 1999 and 2014.

SEN, G. Selecting suitable forest areas for honey production using the ahp: a case study in Turkey. CERNE, v. 24, n. 1, p. 67-79, 2018. HIGHLIGHTSAssesed criteria and subcriteria were determined by the participant approach.Ranking-AHP methods were used to define the most suitable forest are for honey produse.The most priority socio-cultural sub-criteria is the contribution to employment.Among the economic sub-criteria, the priority is cost of honey production.Honey-producing plants stand out in the sub-criteria of ecological-environmental. ABSTRACTHoney production forests (HPFs) are crucial forest areas for the preservation and transfer of biodiversity for future generations, provision of sustainable food safety, supporting rural development, and the rehabilitation of barren forests so that society can benefit from them. The purpose of this study is to prepare a model for conducting planning and prioritizing for HPF areas. For this purpose, using a multidimensional decision support model, we determined the most suitable three areas by way of prioritizing potential HPF areas identified. Bartın in Turkey which was chosen as the area of study, in line with the criteria (ecological-environmental, economic, and socio-cultural) set out using the participatory approach. The ranking and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methods were employed. The results of the study indicate that public institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) prioritize ecological-environmental criteria (especially the type of honey) in their identification of HPFs, whereas the locals care more about the economic criteria, especially the potential for honey production, when identifying HPFs. Moreover, the fact that the level of demand is at the top among the economy-based sub-criteria indicates that the demands and expectations of interest groups should definitely be taken into consideration in the functional provision of forest resources. If HPF areas are planned and established by paying attention to the priorities, HPFs would contribute to an increase in added value and social welfare in the local area as well as to employment, rural development, and the sustainable management of forest resources.

In this study, it was aimed to develop alternative management strategies for Honey Production Forest (HPF) lands, which are planned to be set up in Bartin, and to select the optimum one. For this, a model (A'WOT-CJA), in which A'WOT (SWOT-Analytical Hierarchy Process) and Conjoint Analysis (CJA) are used together, was developed within the framework of ecological, social and economic criteria based on the participation principle. Within the scope of A'WOT-CJA, the honey status of Bartin was determined by SWOT in the first step and it was prioritized using AHP by digitizing in the second step. The highest SWOT values found as a result of AHP are "honey type" with 0.245 in terms of strength, "honey production season length" with 0.202 in terms of weakness, "bee product type" with 0.224 in terms of opportunity and "beekeeping type" with 0.147 in terms of threat. However, in order to improve the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of the strategies, 81 strategies with four factors, each consisting of three levels, were developed and evaluated by CJA in the third step. However, since it was difficult and time consuming to prioritise these 81 strategies, these strategies were reduced to 9 through orthogonal rotation and were arranged to be 110 participants among those related to the subject (50 people from the local population, 10 people from public institutions, and 50 people from NGOs). According to the A'WOT-C results, HPF optimum management strategy of Bartin Province was formed as follows; "In the establishment of honey forests, giving priority to the chestnut species with high economic return, putting the lands, where the honey production season will last at least six months, forward in land selection, preparing the lands especially to increase the honey and royal jelly yield and the lands being in such form to support migratory beekeeping.

Mevcut endüstriyel odun ürünü arz açığının kapatılması, doğal ormanların korunması ve sürdürülebilir orman ekosistem yönetimi için endüstriyel ağaçlandırma yatırımları oldukça önemlidir. Bu kapsamda, çalışma endüstriyel ağaçlandırma yatırımlarından en fazla faydayı sağlamaya yönelik ağaç türü seçimi için gerçekleştirilmiştir. Analizlerde çok kriterli karar verme süreçlerinden birisi olan Analitik Hiyerarşi Süreci yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Ekonomik, klimatik, edafik, fizyolojik kriterler ve alt kriterler, kamu kurumları, yerel halk ve özel sektör temsilcilerinin görüşleri doğrultusunda değerlendirilmiştir. Sahil çamı, melez kavak, kızılçam, okaliptus, dişbudak, duglas göknarı, kızılağaç ve radiata çamı arasında yapılan değerlendirmede, dişbudak, endüstriyel ağaçlandırmalar için ilk öncelikli tür olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu türü sırası ile radiata ve sahil çamı izlemektedir.

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