Gurkan, Guzelmansur A.Sakalli, S.2024-09-182024-09-1820171589-16231785-0037https://doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1504_279290https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/10398Recent studies show that urbanization is most affected form of land transformation that intensely influences biological diversity and human life. Quantifying urban landscape pattern is essential for monitoring and assessment of urbanization. The aim of this contribution is monitoring short term changes in urban landscape pattern of Hatay province located in Mediterranean region of Turkey. Hatay is a key region in the ongoing conflict in Syria because of the border and will remain so during the post-conflict transition period. As a result of this situation the urban area has recently undergone extensive land transformations. These land transformations were detected by satellite images of Alos Avnir-2 (2008) and WorldView-2 (2014) using geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS). Methodology comprised three stages; (1) collecting data and image pre-processing, (2) land cover mapping using object-based image analysis and accuracy assessment (3) landscape change analysis. Landscape change analyses were employed to quantify land cover changes from 2008 to 2014. As a results of the study, forest area decreased from 23,2% to 14,6%. On the other hand urban area increased from 22,5% to 29,9%. This paper demonstrated that urban and forest changed rapidly in this part of the Mediterranean region of Turkey.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHataylandscape change analysisquantifyobject-based classificationArticle15427929010.15666/aeer/1504_2792902-s2.0-85035023579Q3WOS:000419994800020Q4