Investigation of urban parks in Aydin through some ecological quality criteria Aydin'da kent parklarinin bazi ekolojik kalite kriterleri yönünden i̇rdelenmesi

Eşbah Tunçay H.

Ekoloji, cilt.15, sa.58, ss.42-48, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 58
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: Ekoloji
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.42-48
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims to investigate the urban parks in Aydin by utilizing some ecological quality criterion. The research specifically deals with the soil and native vegetation attributes of the ecological quality. In this work, AutoCad folders along with the list of services and the amount of green areas in parks obtained from the Aydin Municipality are used for determining the amount of pervious soil surfaces, and site visits are conducted for generating the existing plant cover data. The results show that, in the investigated 47 parks, the average percentage of pervious surfaces is 37.98%, and only 11.64% of the vegetation is indigenous to Aydin. As conclusion, the parks are inadequate in terms of the pervious soil surfaces and the amount of native vegetation hence decline of habitat values of these important spaces contributing to urban environment number of ways.