Suitability Analysis Parameters for Site-selection in Water-Basin Ecosystems

This study focuses on water basin ecosystems, as an ecologically important ecological unit, where natural resources are rapidly being destroyed by human beings. Each watershed is unique as a result of a complex relationship between the ecosystem elements it hosts. Physiographic, climatic, edaphic, aquatic and biotic elements interact in the watersheds. The sustainability of the basin also depends on the determination of protection and land use decisions that respect the ecological vulnerabilities of these elements. Therefore, land use decisions to be taken for these areas should be based on land suitability assessments according to the sensitivity of basin ecosystems. In this context, within this article it is aimed to clarify the parameters that can be used in the Land Suitability Analysis while seeking the answer to the suitability problematic (for agriculture and residential uses) in basin ecosystems