Track: Environmental Management
Delineation of the Environmental Effects of the Birecik Reservoir and Selecting Alternative Sites for New Settlements and Agriculture
Erturk CelenkAHMET TUMAY , ALI FUAT CETIN
The study aims to analyze the effects of the Birecik Dam, which is being constructed on Firat(Euphrates) river in the scope of the SouthEastern Anatolia Project (GAP), in TURKIYE, on the reservoir area. GAP is now one of the most ambitious regional development projects ever attempted in the world. It covers, in addition to the irrigation and hydropower schemes, all the related social and economic sectors including industry, transportation, mining, telecommunications, health, education, tourism, and infrastructure. There are 29 sub-projects under the GAP, developed through the cooperation of the GAP (RDA) Regional Development Administration and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). One of these 29 projects has the title "Assistance to Rural-Urban Integration in Halfeti, Sanliurfa and Community Development Programs". In the scope of this project this study is an important part which will delineate the agricultural and residential areas that will be flooded and find out the owners and site selection for re-settlement. It will include the delineation of the settlements, vegetation, roads , water transmission canals, energy transmission lines , etc. that will be under the reservoir lake and to select a new site that will satisfy the needs of the people living at those area. Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing techniques are used in the study.
Erturk Celenk
GAP BOLGE KALKINMA IDARESI
UGUR MUMCUNUN SOKAGI 59
ANKARA, 06700
TURKIYE
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