Creating Antalya drought map and associating it with agricultural lands

Drought is described as an insidious disaster that threatens a significant part of the world, including our country, in recent years. This study was carried out in order to examine the drought in depth and to associate it with Antalya agriculture. Drought is one of the most dangerous natural disasters in terms of both the damage it will cause and the lack of awareness on this issue. Decreased water potential as a result of climate change due to global warming necessitates effective use of water resources. With this study, the drought situation of Antalya province on the basis of districts was determined and mapped with the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), De Martonne Drought Index, Percent of Normal Index (PNI), Erinç Method, Aydeniz Method and NDVI methods. The numerical values we obtained were processed in the Geographical Information System (GIS) environment together with the satellite images, and a drought map of each district was created. As a result of our study, how and to what extent Antalya was affected by climate change on the basis of districts and the degree of drought were evaluated. Possible consequences of drought affect agricultural lands and accordingly the quality and quantity of the product. In this context, the maps obtained as a result of the study will be a base especially in the agricultural sense. It is also thought that revealing the dimensions of the problem with maps will contribute to academic and local governments in all kinds of planning to be made in Antalya.