In
this study, it is aimed to determine the recreation potential in which sea
coastline constitutes the most important recreational area of the city located
in Samsun on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. In order to determine the
recreation potential in the study area, was used Gülez's method of determining
outdoor recreation potential. This method is mainly based on the determination
of landscape value, climate, accessibility, recreational convenience and
negative factors of the study area and their scoring. In the study, is used to climatic data of
General Directorate of Meteorology and the population data of Turkey Statistics
Institute and data obtained from field studies. According to the study
findings, coastline of Samsun city has very high recreation potential. However,
it has also been determined that the elimination of the negative factors that
adversely affect the recreation potential and some of the wrong practices from
the past are important in terms of preserving and improving the high recreation
potential.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Human Geography |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | October 31, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 17 Issue: 2 |