Assessing the effects of long-term recreational activities on landscape changes in Abant Natural Park, Turkey

Çakır, Günay; Müderrisoğlu, Haldun; Kaya, Latif Gürkan

doi:10.1007/s11676-015-0141-x

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“…Research on determining air pollution in the city has shown that air pollution varies depending on many factors such as traffic density, climate change, wind direction, and precipitation [7,39,[60][61][62][63][65][66]. Thus, heavy metal concentration in the air can also vary depending on many parameters.…”

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Changes in Heavy Metal Accumulation Depending on Traffic Density in Some Landscape Plants

Türkyilmaz¹,

Şevik²,

Çetin³

et al. 2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Millions of people worldwide die from air pollution every year. Because of the intensification of air pollution in urban centers, it poses a great risk-especially for people with various health problems [1-8]. Heavy metals hold a special place among the components of the air pollution. They cannot be destroyed or degraded in nature. They also tend to bioaccumulate in organisms. Thus, determining heavy metal concentration is of paramount importance for the identification of risk areas and levels [9]. A great volume of research has proven the significant effects of atmospheric heavy metal pollution on human health. A recent study has revealed that in 1952, 4,000 people died from heavy metal-induced damage to respiratory systems and reported high levels of heavy metals in their lungs, including Pb, Zn, and Fe [10].

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confidence: 99%

Changes in Heavy Metal Accumulation Depending on Traffic Density in Some Landscape Plants

Türkyilmaz¹,

Şevik²,

Çetin³

et al. 2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…The main phenomena involve negative effects experienced by the local inhabitants as a result of interactions with tourists coming to the region (Muresan et al 2016 ; Kandel et al 2020 ). Some studies have shown that this situation negatively affects the development of ecotourism and recreational activities (Cakir et al 2016 ). Although the positive values expected by the participants as a result of ecotourism activities are high, some negative perceptions adversely affect the expectations and satisfaction of ecotourists (Chan and Baum 2007 ; Huang and Liu 2017 ; Lee and Jan 2018 ).…”

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Ecotourism through the perception of forest villagers: understanding via mediator effects using structural equation modeling

Gültekin

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Ecotourism activities play an important role in providing economic gain to villagers living in forest ecosystems. Successful sustainable forest management is made possible through the environmental responsibility of the stakeholders and the support of the local inhabitants of the region. Contemporary studies conducted in ecotourism have focused on meeting regional expectations by assessing the satisfaction levels and attitudes of tourists and evaluating hotel management services, but have excluded the perspective of the rural people in the region. Using causal models and mediation effects, this study attempted to explore the attitudes of forest villagers, as the most important interest group, toward ecotourism activities in Turkey. Structural equation modeling and bootstrap methods were applied to identify key concepts related to ecotourism including the mediation effects between income opportunities and ecotourism satisfaction as perceived by the forest villagers regarding perceived negative effects and insufficient services. According to the results of the research, it was determined that, despite the perceived negative effects of ecotourism activities by the forest villagers, income opportunities made a strong positive contribution to their perceived ecotourism satisfaction. Study results offer significant implications for policymakers and ecotourism planners for decreasing pressure on forest ecosystems through participatory forest management approaches to sustainable development in rural areas associated with forest ecosystems.

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“…This negatively affects forest phytocenoses. Atmospheric pollution by exhaust gases of transport in parking areas worsens the ecological situation in places where recreationists congregate (Canteiro et al, 2018;Çakir et al, 2016;Benson et al, 2022).…”

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Assessment of the Impact of Recreational Activities on the Natural Environment of the Karkaraly State National Nature Park of the Republic of Kazakhstan

OSPAN,

ZHANGUZHINA,

AUYEZOVA

et al. 2024

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The article considers the results of assessment of recreational impact on the natural environment within Karkaraly SNNP (State National Nature Park). The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of recreational activities on the natural environment of Karkaraly SNNP using remote sensing data. The proposed methodology for assessing the impact of recreational activities on the natural environment using remote sensing data includes several steps from the selection of indicators for assessing recreational load to obtaining the integral value of recreational load on the natural environment. The most visited recreational sites were selected as objects of the study. The study showed that the natural environment near the sanatorium "Sosnovy Bor" in the area with high attendance of vacationers is in a relatively disturbed state. The key site has a dense network of paths, the stand of trees is weakly closed, groups of trees are limited by paths, roads and glades.

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Assessing the effects of long-term recreational activities on landscape changes in Abant Natural Park, Turkey

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

Changes in Heavy Metal Accumulation Depending on Traffic Density in Some Landscape Plants

Changes in Heavy Metal Accumulation Depending on Traffic Density in Some Landscape Plants

Ecotourism through the perception of forest villagers: understanding via mediator effects using structural equation modeling

Assessment of the Impact of Recreational Activities on the Natural Environment of the Karkaraly State National Nature Park of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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