Landscape Character Analysis in Protected Areas Hatila National Park Sample

The change of landscapes over time is one of the points to be considered in its planning and management. the management, conservation, and planning of landscapes were discussed in the pan-european convention on biological diversity and the european landscape convention, and the identification of landscape character areas became widespread. it is important to identify landscape character types at the local level to ensure sustainability in protected areas, to protect sensitive ecosystems and species diversity, to manage and monitor natural resources. this study aims to determine the landscape character types of hatila national park, which is located in artvin province. for this purpose, geology, land use, large soil groups, elevation, aspect, slope, vegetation maps of the area were digitized with gis and overlapped to determine character types. as a result of this study, 1052 landscape character types were determined. it is thought that the obtained character types can be used for planning and conservation studies.