A Case Study of Beach User Perceptions in Sile, Istanbul

dc.contributor.authorPaksoy, Perihan
dc.contributor.authorColakoglu, Nurdan
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T10:30:29Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T10:30:29Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentİstanbul Beykent Üniversitesien_US
dc.description9th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment -- NOV 10-14, 2009 -- Sochi, RUSSIAen_US
dc.description.abstractIn order to facilitate public participation in the preparation of plans and policies for sustainable development, acquiring the perception of the public and community based planning become vital. Acknowledgement about perceptions of the end-users could lead the decision makers in adopting these thoughts in their policies and consequently can lead to content visitors. User perceptions can become vital especially at beach preferences as cleanliness, safety and amenities are some of the apparent factors that will affect. With the awareness of probable adaptation of beach users' demands into policy recommendations, a case study has been carried out at Black Sea Coast of Istanbul at Sile beaches. Sue has been chosen in this study purposefully as it is a touristic district of Istanbul which has aimed to earn Blue Flag award but has not been awarded yet. Secondly, it receives high amount of visitors especially during the peak periods in weekends; as it has a very close location to the city, people are choosing here most of the time just for the day. In this research with factors about human use of beach and impacts like cleanliness and sufficiency of amenities (showers, toilets, changing cubicles, parks etc.) and the number of lifeguards are studied. Beach users' perceptions are collected by means of a questionnaire randomly applied during the week time. To include beach users' demands into policy recommendations and utilize the conclusions and recommendations, the researchers aim to acknowledge the municipality about the results.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMediterranean Coastal Fdn,Sochi State Univ,Shirshov Inst Oceanology,Russian Fdn Basic Res,UNEP,Commission Protect Black Sea Against Pollut,Ctr Dynam Nearshore Zoneen_US
dc.identifier.endpage+en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-605-88990-0-1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84900821564en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage489en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/3370
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000288465500052en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMediterranean Coastal Foundation-Medcoast Foundationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMedcoast 09: Ninth International Conference On The Mediterranean Coastal Environment, Vols 1 And 2en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.titleA Case Study of Beach User Perceptions in Sile, Istanbulen_US
dc.typeConference Objecten_US

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