Evaluation of Conceptual Legal and Environmental Aspects of Urban Forests

• Main Authors: Oğuz Kurdoğlu, Ertan Düzgüneş, Banu Çiçek Kurdoğlu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi 2011-04-01
• Series: Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi
• Subjects: City forest; recreation; retreat place
• Online Access: http://ofd.artvin.edu.tr/issue/2248/29796

Rapid urbanization of the world increases the need of open green spaces in cities. Urban forests that are one of the most important tools of eliminating this need are one of the urban green space systems that are tried to expand to all Turkey in the last decade although the best examples were applied in the past. However the legal and conceptual infrastructure of urban forests have not fully regulated in our country. On the other hand instead of restoration of the existing ones it is better to establish urban forests by separating them fully from state owned forests. This situation makes urban forests a controversial issue. In this study, urban forests’ conceptual, legal, environmental and recreational status and their affects are discussed and evaluations were made in case of Artvin urban forest.