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7th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, MEDCOAST 2005, Kusadasi, Turkey, 25 - 29 October 2005, vol.1, pp.329-336, (Full Text)
Since the transition to settled life, all kinds of rivers which flow either through or near where human beings settled down have been of great importance. The rivers both have been a good source for settlement, recreation and tourism and have had important visual and aesthetic values. While providing modern services in the process of development, urbanization and wrong usage of land have led to the construction of industrial units at various scales along the rivers, causing rivers to lose their characteristics and ecological values. In this context, Bartin River has been chosen as the research area because of its specific ecological characteristics and its important role at regional and national scales. In this paper Bartin River's current ecological characteristics and the factors that affect these characteristics are introduced and the relationship between planning and ecological characteristics is highlighted. Finally ecological planning strategies for sustainability of the Bartin River is discussed.