Examining the Time-Dependent Change in Landscape Diversity: The Example of Afşin-Elbistan Thermal Power Plant

Abstract

One of the most important purposes of landscape planning studies is to determine the change in land cover/land use classes. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the effects of land cover/land use changes on landscape diversity in the sub-basin where the thermal power plants, which are fossil sourced non-renewable power plants, are located. The study was carried out in the subbasin where Afşin-Elbistan thermal power plant is located within the borders of Kahraman Maraş province. The data produced in the study were processed with the Arc-GIS 10.6.1 program and the field uses between 1990 and 2018 were determined. At the same time, in the local, which has been generally revised as of 2018, estimated data from 2018 level 3 general classification data and 2014 forest map data, according to the reference points of Simpson’s, Shannon’s, Brillouin’s, which are not normalized shown above, are numbered and large. A place has been estimated and said to be in a place that is higher than the above-mentioned areas. As a result, it was observed that the landscape typology in the area changed due to the activity, new land cover/land use classes were formed, and they were directly related to the activity. It has been determined that landscape diversity is directly or indirectly affected during the generation of energy and the original typology presented by the landscapes is deteriorated. Contrary to studies in which land cover/land use changes are generally determined, the most striking aspect of this study is the determination of the change in landscape diversity over time. It will set an example for similar studies to be carried out at this point.