The Changing of Important Factors in The Landscape Planning Occur Due to Global Climate Change in Temperature, Rain and Climate Types: A Case Study of Mersin City

Abstract

Global climate change is seen as a process that will directly or indirectly affect living things andecosystems all over the world. In this process, determining the changes in climate parameters andclimate types in advance is of great importance in terms of the measures that can be taken and thepreparation for the process. In this study, it is aimed to determine the changes that may be caused byglobal climate change in some climate parameters and climate types in Mersin, which is one of theimportant cities of our country. Within the scope of the study, the current status of temperature,precipitation and climate types (according to De Martone and Emberger climate classification) andRCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. It is aimed to compare the possible situations in 2050 and 2070 in the light ofscenarios. The results of the study show that temperature, precipitation and climate types will changesignificantly throughout Mersin province. Today, the temperature varying between -0.4°C and 19°Cwill change between 4.9°C and 24°C throughout the province in 2070 according to the RCP 8.5scenario, that is, there will be an increase of around 5°C in the temperature change interval, theprecipitation regime will change, Climate types are predicted to shift towards arid climates. Thissituation shows that climate factors, one of the most important planning criteria, will changesignificantly in landscape planning studies. Since landscape planning studies continue their effectsfor many years, it is recommended to take this into consideration in order to make a healthy planning.The results of this study should be used in the planning studies for Mersin province