Kayseri Sultan Sazlığı`nda kültür-çevre ilişkileri
Özet
The wetlands are the most productive ecosystems. Human populationssettled around wetlands get many benefit out of them. Therefore, humankind hasbeen choosing wetlands for settlements for thousands years which causes creationand development of a culture unique to wetlands.The culture which has been formed around Sultan Sazlığı is also producedby the interreaction of human and wetland. Unfortunately, Turkey?s wetlands likeall around the world are also faced to various problems. The main reason for theseproblems is the human impact on wetland ecology. Sultan Sazlığı, is one of therare wetlands where the relationship between the wetland and traditional culture isstill being carried for the last decades. While the culture, has shaped theenvironment, the ecology of Sultan Sazlığı has also influenced all the culturalcomponents and not any major problem occured until the recent times. Nowadays,the negative impact of the culture on the environment of the area, is mosty due tothe general problems created by the globalisation system all around the world.