During the last few years, public housing began to be constructed in hilly areas within the study region - a positive development in terms of
protecting the plain. Since the Bursa Plain is topographically limited by the mountains and hills to the south,
north and east, the city of Bursa continues to expand towards the Cayirkoy Plain along the highway to Izmir in
the west of the city.
Before the industrialization and urbanization processes had begun, the primary source of income in villages
on the Bursa Plain was via agriculture. As a result of the changes that took place in land utilization on the plain
and its environs, industrial and commercial activities began in areas previously the sole domain of agriculture.
These changes have caused certain administrative and social problems, as well as having a significant ecological
impact.