Assessment of Temporal Coastline Dynamics and Land Transformation Using CORINE, GIS and Remote Sensing

Abstract

Coastal areas where the majority of the society live are exposed to geographical changes. Observing the changing coastline and usage areas is important in terms of efficient use of the areas and directing the future. Remote Sensing (RS) is used effectively in change detection analyses and spatial studies in the recent years. This paper focuses mainly on the coastal line changes of Trabzon, Turkey by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) by examining the Landsat and Google earth images. Landsat images were obtained for 2002, 2009, 2015, 2021 and Google earth data were provided for 2002, 2012, 2021 years. The land use type of the changing areas were examined using the 2000 and 2018 Corine data. According to the results of the study, it was observed that there was a remarkable growth in the coastal areas towards the sea. It has been concluded that this growth is mostly formed by the filling areas built into the sea. After the evaluation with Corine data, it has been determined that the areas that have changed have turned into sports, recreation, highway and port areas in 20 year period.