Ankara koşullarında suya dayalı rekreasyon-spor faaliyetlerinin planlanması üzerine bir araştırma

Abstract

The planning of recreation activities is needed to meet the recreational demand of the human being as continuously and regularly. As one of the major resources, water is used for secondary purposes such as recreation. For the planning of water based recreation- sports activities, Ankara was chosen as a research area. In Ankara circumstances to benefit from water resources for recreation and sports purposes, a macro planning which covers nature, cultural resources and the economics as a whole was made. For this reason, the planning criteria of some of the water based recreation and sports activities are defined. By the survey, which was made with the users from different socio-economic groups, the demand of individuals living in the Ankara metropolitan was determined. The natural, cultural resources and surface water resources which form a potential for the planning of water based recreation-sports activities such as rivers, natural lakes, dams, small lakes and swimming pools are analysed to show the circumstances of Ankara. In Ankara it is found out that there is a high demand for the water based recreation and sports activities and the water surfaces such as dams, lakes and small lakes are not generally evaluated for recreation and sports. Besides, it is determined that because of water pollution, the rivers are not used for recreation and sports and to have the opportunity to use them for these purposes, the improvement of water quality in the rivers should be done. By this research, it is understood that in the city and its surroundings there are a lot of swimming pools, which are mostly out of the control of the authorized organization. As a result, some suggestions related to the planning of water based recreation-sports activities as a system were proposed. For this purpose it is necessary to form a recreational policy in the national, regional and local scales and the planning of recreation and water based recreation-sports activities, the implementation of them and the arrangement of the management should be done according to this policy. 2000, 330 pages Key Words: Recreation, water resources, water based recreation-sports activities, planning of water recreation-sports activities, Ankara