Fuzzy-Based Coastal Vulnerability Model Application on Turkish Coasts with 25 Heritage Sites

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2023-09-04

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İnce, Akdeniz
Özyurt Tarakcıoğlu, Gülizar
Ergin, Ayşen
Uysal, Arif Çağatay
Kösem, İremnaz

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Global sea level rise severely threatens the “Coastal Cultural Heritage Areas” and “Natural Conservation Zones”. Considering the long shorelines and Anatolia’s history, Turkey has many of these areas at its shores. The importance of these areas to Turkey’s economic and social development goals cannot be disregarded. Thus, as a part of the TUBITAK-funded project (No: 122M613), the shorelines where nature conservation and coastal cultural heritage areas exist are to be studied for their vulnerability to the impacts of sea level rise. Although impact analysis of sea level rise, such as coastal erosion rate and flooded areas due to extreme water levels, indicate the vulnerability of shoreline, a holistic approach considering human activities and physical characteristics of the coastline presents a much more accurate representation of coastal vulnerability. Therefore, two shorelines with cultural and natural heritage characteristics (Elaia Ancient City, Izmir, and Sile, Istanbul) are analyzed in this study to show the advantages of the holistic approach, as the consequences of impacts could be irreversible for shorelines with heritage properties. Based on satellite imagery data, the selected sites have high coastal erosion rates (EMODnet coastal behavior dataset, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/). Sile is an urban environment, whereas Elaia Ancient City is part of a wetland.

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