TY  - JOUR
TI  - EVALUATION OF THE RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL OF MOUNT AĞRI (ARARAT) NATIONAL PARK
AB  - National parks provide settings for recreation and tourism activities. Mount Ararat is one of the well-known sources of life andlandscape on earth with its scientifically valuable geological formations, natural life settings, historical ruins, perfect volcanic cone andit functions as a habitat for a great variety of plants and animals. Besides its essential recreational and ecological services, the mountainhas a cultural and spiritual heritage. Despite all these valuable characteristics, there have been quite a few studies on Mount Ararat’srecreational sources and their use. For this reason, “Gülez Method” which was developed by Gülez (1990) was used to determine therecreational potential of Mount Ararat. This study examines the park's recreational potential by analyzing its landscape value, climaticvalue, accessibility, recreative convenience, and negative factor indicators through Gülez Method in order to help decisionmakers makelong-term plans. According to the analysis results, Mount Ararat was found as a high-level recreation setting with a rate of 63%.Recommendations and implications were discussed. This study can give managers useful information to plan and design recreationalsettings that support sustainability in the national park.
AU  - KAPAN, KAAN
AU  - Bingul Bulut, Meryem Bihter
AU  - YULU, ADEM
PY  - 2021
JO  - EGE COĞRAFYA DERGİSİ
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1300-5634
SP  - 43
EP  - 56
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/438945
ER  -