Land use alterations in Kusadasi coastal area

Dal, Neslihan; Baysan, Sultan

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.05.139

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“…Coastal areas are especially vulnerable to land development pressures from housing and tourist infrastructure building (Pan et al, 2016). New land uses alter important ecosystem services provided by coastal habitats of great ecological value such as mangroves or wetlands (Khamis, Kalliola, & Käyhkö, 2017), also affecting PAs (Dal & Baysan, 2011). In Europe, pressure from land development in and around PAs is a long-lasting concern (Brotherton, 1982).…”

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Effect of protected areas in reducing land development across geographic and climate conditions of a rapidly developing country, Spain

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Protected areas (PAs) aim at safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services in the long term. Despite the remarkable growth in area covered by PAs in recent years, biodiversity trends continue to worsen as a result of serious global pressures such as habitat destruction and degradation. One main cause of habitat destruction and degradation is land development that implies the replacement of natural land uses–land covers (LULCs) with artificial ones. Here, we assessed the effectiveness of four PA networks at preventing land development in Spain, a biodiversity‐rich country that has experienced recent rapid environmental transformations, using two models of increased validity: an original model and a biophysically enhanced model. We applied a before–after control–impact (BACI) design whereby absolute artificial area increase (AAI) and relative artificial area increase (RAI) were compared across PA categories (nature reserves [NRs], nature parks [NPs], Sites of Community Importance [SCIs], and Special Protection Areas [SPAs]), study zones (coastal and inland), and climates (Atlantic and Mediterranean) using CORINE Land Cover (CLC) data and two control zones: 1‐ and 5‐km buffers around protected polygons. NRs prevented land development, whereas other categories reduced it moderately to very substantially in the assessed period. AAI was especially intense in inland SPAs and NPs. NRs and NPs were the most effective PA categories inland, whereas NRs and SPAs were the most effective ones on the coast. Land development was greater on the Spanish coast than inland inside and outside PAs, especially around Macaronesian and Mediterranean PAs. Atlantic PAs experienced similar or greater land development values than surrounding areas. Our results are intended to guide future conservation efforts in Spain, chiefly on its heavily pressured coastal environment.

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“…The implication is that the risky ecological regions are increasingly being encroached upon. The consequences of this development are grave in terms of impending flooding, climate change, sea level rise and building collapse eventualities (Aase 1986;Aliu and Adebayo 2009;Dal and Baysan 2011). This development also exposes the population to gratuitous and unforeseen life-threatening dangers.…”

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“…In a study of Finnmark community in Sweden, Aase (1986) discovers that the intensive use of marginal lands has deleterious effects on the socioeconomic and living conditions of the residents. Dal and Baysan (2011) in their study of land use alterations in Kusadasi, Turkey, observe that the coastal zones' problems are traceable to excessive land demand, disobeying of land use plans, disregard for the carrying capacity of the region in terms of resources and unplanned home development. Extensive use of marginal lands in riparian ecological regions in Lagos is capable of endangering sustainability in terms of vulnerability to flooding, sea erosion, building collapse and individual personal health.…”

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Marginal land use and value characterizations in Lagos: untangling the drivers and implications for sustainability

Aliu

2015

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Lagos, the leading African megacity, is a coastal city located in creeks and riparian environment. In all parts of the city, transactions in marginal lands-riparian or water-logged areas-are increasingly becoming more noticeable. However, while previous studies have focused upon normal land transactions, the dynamics of land uses in marginal regions remain largely unexplained. Information on the dynamics of informal land transactions in the marginal regions of Lagos city is important for urban sustainability. This study therefore interrogates the attributes, uses, values and drivers of marginal land in Lagos using generalized linear model (GLM). Findings show that the predominant land use in marginal areas of Lagos is residential, majority of the lands are less than full plot size, close to river channels and less accessible, and the mean price ranges from NGN 3,156,908 to NGN 4,052,158. The GLM estimations show that distance to river channels/lagoon and buyer's status have more significant influence on marginal land uses and values in Lagos. These findings have significant policy and practical implications for the city's land use and sustainability. For urban and environmental sustainability, there is need to stem transactions in coastal marginal environments of Lagos for their obvious implications for climate change, flooding, erosion, sea incursion, building collapse, natural parks and public spaces, river channels and urban greening.

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Land use alterations in Kusadasi coastal area

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Effect of protected areas in reducing land development across geographic and climate conditions of a rapidly developing country, Spain

Effect of protected areas in reducing land development across geographic and climate conditions of a rapidly developing country, Spain

Marginal land use and value characterizations in Lagos: untangling the drivers and implications for sustainability

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