Landscape Planning at the Catchment Scale (The Case Study of Rhodope Mountain Representative Catchments)

Year 2013, , 13 - 26, 01.05.2013

Bilyana Borısova

https://doi.org/10.1501/Csaum_0000000070

Abstract

This article portrays the results form the first stage of an attempt at landscape planning in the upper watershed of the Arda River in the Western Rhodope Mountain, South Bulgaria. The study applies the concept of multifunctionality of landscape systems focusing on resource evaluation and territorial planning using the natural watershed boundaries. The upper valley of the Arda River is a major national-level resource regarding water and forest resources, including their renewable energy potential. At the same time, high ecological risk (primarily floods and landslides), enhanced by the global climate change, characterizes the Arda watershed. This study uses watershed models to interpret and analyze landscape maps and primary data on ecosystem services. It also analyzes public attitudes regarding the utilization of local natural capital, which are determined by the peripheral situation of the area and the high dependency of the locals on the landscape resources. The investigation proposes lead landscape indicators and functional zoning of the area, which allow for locally adequate and sustainable territorial management

Keywords

landscape planning, multifunctionality, catchments, ecosystem/landscape services, functional zoning, landscape stabilization

Havza Bazında Peyzaj Planlaması (Rodop Dağı’nın Tipik Havzalarından Örnek Bir Çalışma)

Abstract

Bu makale, Bulgaristan’nın güneyinde, Rodop Dağı’nın batısındaki Arda nehrinin yukarı havzasında yapılan peyzaj planlamasının ilk evresine ait sonuçları ortaya koymaktır. Çalışma, doğal havza sınırlarını kullanarak bölge planlaması ve çok fonksiyonlu peyzaj sistemleri kavramını uygulayarak kaynak geliştirmeye odaklanmıştır. Arda nehrinin yukarı çığırı, yenilenebilir enerji potansiyelini de içeren, ülkedeki başlıca su ve orman kaynaklarına sahiptir. Aynı zamanda Arda havzası küresel iklim değişikliğinin etkilediği yüksek ekolojik risk (başlıcaları taşkın ve heyelanlar) altındadır. Bu çalışmada peyzaj haritaları ve ekosistem hizmetlerinin temel verilerinin yorumlanması ve analizinde havza modelleri kullanılmıştır. Aynı zamanda burada yaşayan yerel halkın doğal sermayeyi kullanım davranışları da analiz edilmiştir çünkü alanın etrafındaki yakın çevrenin etkisiyle yerel halkın doğal kaynaklara bağımlılığı büyüktür. Araştırma başlıca peyzaj göstergelerini ortaya çıkararak alanın fonksiyonel kuşaklara ayrılmasını önermektedir, bu durum yerel eşitliği ve sürdürülebilir bölgesel yönetimi sağlayacaktır

Keywords

arazi planlaması, çok fonksiyonluluk, havzalar, ekosistem/peyzaj hizmetleri, fonksiyonel bölgeleme, peyzaj stabilizasyonu

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