One of the most important needs in contemporary landscape planning is quantitative land use/land cover (LU/LC) change information. The reason a strong emphasis is placed on landscape change information is that it serves as an ecological and geographical basis for preparing and implementing development plans in a more sustainable manner. Multi-temporal analysis of LU/LC changes on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey revealed that there is a marked preference for these areas primarily for building development. This paper demonstrates a methodology that relies on quantitative analysis techniques for assessing spatiotemporal changes in LU/LC in the case of the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. In this respect, satellite image datasets (SPOT panchromatic, Landsat TM) acquired in 1989, 1995, 2001 and 2007 were enhanced. Resulting images were classified and compared to detect coastal urbanization and development trends. Post-classification change analyses were employed to quantify land cover conversions in three periods from 1985 to 1995, from 1995 to 2001 and from 2001 to 2007. This paper demonstrated that urban, agriculture and shrublands changed rapidly in this part of the Mediterranean coast.

当代景观规划中最重要的需求之一是定量的土地利用/土地覆被（LU / LC）变化信息。之所以强调景观变化信息，是因为它为以更可持续的方式制定和实施发展计划提供了生态和地理基础。对土耳其东地中海沿岸土地利用/土地利用变化的多时间分析表明，人们对这些地区的建筑开发尤为偏爱。本文演示了一种方法，该方法依赖于定量分析技术来评估土耳其东部地中海沿岸LU / LC的时空变化。在这方面，1989、1995、2001和2007年获得的卫星图像数据集（SPOT全色，Landsat TM）得到了增强。对得到的图像进行分类和比较，以发现沿海城市化和发展趋势。分类后的变化分析被用来量化1985年至1995年，1995年至2001年以及2001年至2007年三个时期的土地覆被转化。本文证明了地中海沿岸地区的城市，农业和灌木地变化迅速。