Identifying Water And Land Based Recreation Opportunities: Case Study on Southern Sub-Basin of Ankara
Abstract
Water and Land Recreation
Opportunity Spectrum (WALROS), stands out as a tool that guides the
institutions responsible for recreation planning and management in determining
recreation opportunities and making decisions on the sustainability of
recreation resources. This study aims to identify WALROS classes of the
Southern Sub-Basin of Ankara Province,
where the population density and urban sprawl put pressure on the natural and
rural resources in the urban fringe and there is a day by day growing demand
for recreation use. In this context, the basin is evaluated based on land surveys and the CORINE 2012 land
use/land cover features by
the expert group of four landscape architects under the WALROS classifications according to
physical, social and managerial parameters. In order to identify WALROS
classes; data collection, preparing the specified setting parameters for
analysis, analysis, classification, weighting and overlay operations have been
implemented in ArcGIS10.2. As a result, the basin is determined under the
classifications of developed-rural, urban and sub-urban in terms of physical
setting parameters. In general, the basin also determined as natural-rural and
developed-rural based on social setting features and primitive based on
managerial features. After overlaid by weighting of each parameter,
semi-primitive class is ranked as the first in terms of areal size, natural-rural class is
the second and primitive class ranked as the third in the basin. Consequently, the basin has the
potential to respond to different recreation needs and experience demands with
different recreation ambient properties and facilities which vary from
primitive to urban. For the sustainability of
the area’s recreation opportunities, primitive, semi-primitive and
natural-rural class areas must be protected. Accordingly, limiting visitor
intensity in existing recreational areas and instead of urban characterized
recreational activities, ecotourism, rural tourism or nature conservation
activities need to be encouraged in the
South Sub-Basin of Ankara Province.
Keywords
recreation planning and management urban fringe rural areas recreation opportunities specturum (ROS) Mogan and Eymir Lakes
References
- Andkjær S, Arvidsen J 2015. Places for active outdoor recreation – a scoping review. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 12: 25-46.
- Anonymous 1998. Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Inventory: Procedures and Standards Manual. The British Columbia Resources Inventory Committee, Version 3. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/standards-guidelines/risc/ros.pdf. (Erişim tarihi: 15.01.2018).
- Anonymous 2018. CORINE 2012 Land Cover. https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/corine-land-cover/view. (Erişim tarihi:17.02.2018).
- Aukerman R 2011. Water and Land Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (WALROS) Users’ Guidebook. CO: US Department of the Interior. Denver.
- Finley MT 1990. McDonald Forest: A Case Study in the Use of the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Planning Framework in a Near-Urban Forest, A Thesis submitted to Oregon State University. http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/10274/ Finley_ Marlene _T_1990.pdf?sequence=1&origin=publication_detail. (Erişim tarihi: 08.04.2018).
- Gürer N 2014. Rekreasyon Alanlarının Tasarlanmasında Temel İlkeler, Ankara Eymir Gölü Örneği. Journal of Recreation and Tourism Research, 1 (2):1-17.
- Harshaw HW, HBOR BA, Meitner MJ 2015. Recreation Management. Faculty of Forestry University of British Columbia. Forestry Handbook For British Columbia. https://www.researchgate. net/profile/Howard_Harshaw/publication/267837325_RECREATION_MANAGEMENT/ links/54f745450cf210398e926ecb.pdf. (Erişim tarihi: 31.07.2018).
- Karahan F, Orhan T 2009. Çoruh Havzası Uzundere Vadisi’nin Kırsal Rekreasyon Planlaması Yönünden Suya Dayalı Olanakları. Rural Environment Yearbook, Rural Environment and Forestry Issues Research Association, Ankara.
- Manfredo MJ, Driver BL, Tarrant MA 1996. Measuring Leisure Motivation: A Meta-Analysis of the Recreation Experience Preference Scales. Journal of Leisure Research, 28(3): 188-213.
- Manning RE, Anderson LE 2012. Parks and Outdoor Recreation. (Managing Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies in The National Parks, CABI International, UK: Ed.Manning RE, Anderson LE), 3-9.
- More T A, Bulmer S, Henzel L, Mates AE 2003. Extending the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum to nonfederal lands in the Northeast: An implementation guide. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-309. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 25 p.
- Soykan F 2000. Kırsal turizm ve Avrupa’da kazanılan deneyim. Anatolia Turizm Araştırmaları Dergisi, 11: 21-33.
- Stenseke M, Hansen, AS 2014. From rhetoric to knowledge based actions—Challenges for outdoor recreation management in Sweden. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 7–8: 26–34.
- Tanrıvermiş E 2000. Ankara Koşullarında Suya Dayalı Rekreasyon-Spor Faaliyetlerinin Planlanması Üzerine Bir Araştirma. Ankara Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Ensitüsü, Peyzaj Mimarlığı ABD, Doktora Tezi, s.342.
Abstract
Water
and Land Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (WALROS), stands out as a tool that
guides the institutions responsible for recreation planning and management in determining
recreation opportunities and making decisions on the sustainability of
recreation resources. This study aims to identify WALROS classes of the
Southern Sub-Basin of Ankara Province, where the
population density and urban sprawl put pressure on the natural and rural
resources in the urban fringe and there is a day by day growing demand for
recreation use. In this context, the basin is evaluated based on land surveys and the CORINE 2012 land
use/land cover features by the expert group of four landscape
architects under the WALROS
classifications according to physical, social and managerial parameters. In
order to identify WALROS classes; data collection, preparing the specified
setting parameters for analysis, analysis, classification, weighting and
overlay operations have been implemented in ArcGIS10.2. As a result, the basin
is determined under the classifications of developed-rural, urban and sub-urban
in terms of physical setting parameters. In general, the basin also determined
as natural-rural and developed-rural based on social setting features and
primitive based on managerial features. After overlaid by weighting of each
parameter, semi-primitive class is ranked as the first in terms of areal size, natural-rural class is the second and primitive
class ranked as the third in the basin. Consequently, the basin has the potential to respond to
different recreation needs and experience demands with different recreation
ambient properties and facilities which vary from primitive to urban. For the sustainability of the area’s recreation opportunities,
primitive, semi-primitive and natural-rural class areas must be protected.
Accordingly, limiting visitor intensity in existing recreational areas and
instead of urban characterized recreational activities, ecotourism, rural
tourism or nature conservation activities need to be encouraged in the South Sub-Basin of Ankara
Province.
Keywords
rekreasyon planlama ve yönetimi kırsal alanlar kent çeperi rekreasyon olanakları spekturumu (ROS) Mogan ve Eymir Gölleri
References
- Andkjær S, Arvidsen J 2015. Places for active outdoor recreation – a scoping review. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 12: 25-46.
- Anonymous 1998. Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Inventory: Procedures and Standards Manual. The British Columbia Resources Inventory Committee, Version 3. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/standards-guidelines/risc/ros.pdf. (Erişim tarihi: 15.01.2018).
- Anonymous 2018. CORINE 2012 Land Cover. https://land.copernicus.eu/pan-european/corine-land-cover/view. (Erişim tarihi:17.02.2018).
- Aukerman R 2011. Water and Land Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (WALROS) Users’ Guidebook. CO: US Department of the Interior. Denver.
- Finley MT 1990. McDonald Forest: A Case Study in the Use of the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Planning Framework in a Near-Urban Forest, A Thesis submitted to Oregon State University. http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/10274/ Finley_ Marlene _T_1990.pdf?sequence=1&origin=publication_detail. (Erişim tarihi: 08.04.2018).
- Gürer N 2014. Rekreasyon Alanlarının Tasarlanmasında Temel İlkeler, Ankara Eymir Gölü Örneği. Journal of Recreation and Tourism Research, 1 (2):1-17.
- Harshaw HW, HBOR BA, Meitner MJ 2015. Recreation Management. Faculty of Forestry University of British Columbia. Forestry Handbook For British Columbia. https://www.researchgate. net/profile/Howard_Harshaw/publication/267837325_RECREATION_MANAGEMENT/ links/54f745450cf210398e926ecb.pdf. (Erişim tarihi: 31.07.2018).
- Karahan F, Orhan T 2009. Çoruh Havzası Uzundere Vadisi’nin Kırsal Rekreasyon Planlaması Yönünden Suya Dayalı Olanakları. Rural Environment Yearbook, Rural Environment and Forestry Issues Research Association, Ankara.
- Manfredo MJ, Driver BL, Tarrant MA 1996. Measuring Leisure Motivation: A Meta-Analysis of the Recreation Experience Preference Scales. Journal of Leisure Research, 28(3): 188-213.
- Manning RE, Anderson LE 2012. Parks and Outdoor Recreation. (Managing Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies in The National Parks, CABI International, UK: Ed.Manning RE, Anderson LE), 3-9.
- More T A, Bulmer S, Henzel L, Mates AE 2003. Extending the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum to nonfederal lands in the Northeast: An implementation guide. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-309. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 25 p.
- Soykan F 2000. Kırsal turizm ve Avrupa’da kazanılan deneyim. Anatolia Turizm Araştırmaları Dergisi, 11: 21-33.
- Stenseke M, Hansen, AS 2014. From rhetoric to knowledge based actions—Challenges for outdoor recreation management in Sweden. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 7–8: 26–34.
- Tanrıvermiş E 2000. Ankara Koşullarında Suya Dayalı Rekreasyon-Spor Faaliyetlerinin Planlanması Üzerine Bir Araştirma. Ankara Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Ensitüsü, Peyzaj Mimarlığı ABD, Doktora Tezi, s.342.
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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| Publication Date | February 28, 2019 |
| Submission Date | April 22, 2018 |
| Acceptance Date | September 10, 2018 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2019Volume: 22 Issue: 1 |
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