Veli Ortacesme

Veli Ortacesme
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Introduction
Veli Ortacesme currently works at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Akdeniz University. Veli does research in Environmental Science and landscape-related subjects.
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Akdeniz University
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November 1996 - present
Akdeniz University
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Publications (59)
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Kentleşmeyle birlikte kentsel nüfus yoğunluğu da artmakta, bu da kentsel mekanlar üzerindeki baskıyı artırmaktadır. Kentlerde yaşam kalitesi bağlamında yeşil alanların önemli bir yeri bulunmaktadır. Bu alanlar kente ve kent insanı birçok yarar sağlamakta olup, Covid-19 sürecinde açık ve yeşil alanların değeri daha fazla anlaşılmıştır. Çoğu durumda...
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Agrosilvopastoralism is characterised by the combination of cultivation, grazing, and forestry. The biocultural equilibrium in agrosilvopastoral landscapes in the Mediterranean Region has been under constant transformation by either abandonment or intensification. Representing explicit layers of landscape memory, field names reveal how landscape ha...
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The microclimatic effects of an urban park in terms of temperature, humidity and wind speed on its surroundings and on different surfaces within itself (grass area, hard ground, poolside) were measured for 12 months. The values obtained are explained in tables and graphs, and the climatic effects of urban green spaces on their surroundings are emph...
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The smart city is a modernization effort that enables cities to use their resources more effectively and to provide better services to their residents. In this study, the smart practices of Kashiwanoha City, Japan, one of the best smart city examples in the world, were examined. The study showed that smart environment applications are designed to i...
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Akıllı Kent, kentlerin kaynaklarını daha etkin kullanma ve kent sakinlerine daha iyi hizmet sunmayı sağlayan bir modernleşme çabasıdır. Bu çalışmada akıllı kent uygulaması bağlamında dünyadaki iyi uygulamalardan birisi olan Japonya’nın Kashiwanoha kentindeki akıllı uygulamalar incelenmiş; Antalya kentinde başlatılan akıllı kent uygulamaları analiz...
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Climate change is affecting the whole world. Polar ice caps are melting, and sea levels are rising. Extreme weather events and rainfall are becoming more common in some regions, while others are experiencing extreme heat waves and droughts. These impacts are expected to intensify in the coming years. The development of green infrastructure systems...
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İklim değişikliği, ekosistemlerin, insan sağlığının ve doğal kaynakların küresel güvenliğini tehdit etmektedir. Bu tehditler, çeşitli etkileri azaltmaya yönelik teknolojik çözümlerin yanı sıra beklenen etkilere uyum sağlamak için etkili stratejilere olan talebi artırmıştır. Gün geçtikçe etkisi daha fazla hissedilen küresel iklim değişikliğinin nede...
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Place names are a linguistic form that people attach to the landscape. Rural landscapes are maybe one of the most refined cultural manifestations revealing a fundamental effort for human existence and locating their actions through place names. In this research, place names were used as a means to explore rural landscape characters of the Serik dis...
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Green infrastructure is an emerging approach to make cities sustainable, healthy and more liveable. Based on a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas in urban, peri-urban and rural landscapes, green infrastructure aims to provide sustainable urban development and to link green and blue spaces at both urban and regional scal...
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The European Union (EU) Directive 2013/55/EC amends Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications. The 2013 amendment allows Member States to decide on a common set of minimum knowledge, skills and competences required to pursue a given profession through a Common Training Framework (CTF). Such a framework must combine trai...
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The European Union (EU) Directive 2013/55/EC amends Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications. The 2013 amendment allows Member States to decide on a common set of minimum knowledge, skills and competences required to pursue a given profession through a Common Training Framework (CTF). Such a framework must combine trai...
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The European Landscape Convention, which was adopted as a result of various national, regional and international studies, opened in signature in 2000 and entered into force in 2004 in Turkey, has been an important source of guidance for the signatory countries in defining the landscape with a common language, determining country landscapes at vario...
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Green infrastructure is an emerging approach to make cities sustainable, healthy and more liveable. Based on a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas in urban, peri-urban and rural landscapes, green infrastructure aims to provide sustainable urban development and to link green and blue spaces at both urban and regional...
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The diversification of tourism and extension of it to whole year has been adopted as a national policy in Turkey. In this context, ecotourism has come into the agenda in addition to golf tourism, which has been supported for many years. The Culture and Tourism Conservation and Development Areas (CTCDA) are being declared in order for the developmen...
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zet: Enerji etkin planlama, kentsel alanların planlanmasında kentsel doku, yapı yükseklikleri ve konumlarının çevresel ve iklimsel faktörlere göre belirlenmesini sağlayan bir planlama yaklaşımıdır. Kentsel alanlardaki yapıların yükseklikleri, konumları ve yönlerinin; yapı çevresinde ve kentte açık ve yeşil alan varlığı ve büyüklüğü gibi faktörlerin...
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Kentsel açık ve yeşil alanlar, kentleri cazip kılan unsurlar arasında yer almaktadır ve deniz-kum-güneş üçlüsüne dayalı kitle turizmine alternatif olarak kent turizminin ortaya çıkmasında da etkilidirler. Bu çalışmada Türk turizminin başkenti olarak nitelenen Antalya'nın sahip olduğu açık ve yeşil alanların kent turizmine katkısı belirlenmeye çalış...
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Öz: Avrupa Peyzaj Sözleşmesi, taraf ülkelere, kendi peyzaj politikalarını oluşturmaları konusunda rehberlik etmekte ve sorumluluk yüklemektedir. Sözleşmeye göre peyzaj politikası “Uzman kamu yetkilileri tarafından peyzajların korunması, yönetilmesi ve planlanması konusunda özel tedbirler almayı amaçlayan genel prensipler, stratejiler ve rehber kura...
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Landscape architecture education in Turkey was started in Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture in 1968. In the last five decades, the number of departments has grown gradually and reached to 53. Today, Turkey is in the first place in Europe in terms of the number of landscape architecture schools. Because of the nature of landscape architectur...
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Landscape is a product of interactions between human and nature that bring multiple characteristics to discrete geographic settings. Landscape character assessment (LCA) is a process of describing, mapping and evaluating distinct characters in the landscape. The aim of this study is to integrate objective and subjective assessment in landscape clas...
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lkemizde 2004 yılında yürürlüğe giren Avrupa Peyzaj Sözleşmesi'nin taraf ülkelere ilişkin yükümlülüklerinden biri de yerel, bölgesel ve ulusal ölçekte peyzaj kalite hedeflerinin belirlenmesidir. Bu çalışmada, Antalya'nın merkez ilçelerinden biri olan Aksu örneğinde peyzaj kalite hedeflerinin yerel ölçekte belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Öncelikle doğal...
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Sanayi devrimi ve teknolojik gelişmeler sonucunda dünya genelinde peyzajların değişimi hız kazanmıştır. Bu değişim sonucunda habitatlar bölünmekte, biyolojik çeşitlilik azalmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Manavgat Nehri havzasındaki peyzaj değişimi incelenmiştir. 1955-1971, 1971-1981/1986 ve 1981/1986-2010 yıllarına ait arazi örtüsü/arazi kullanımı değişi...
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Landscape is the natural and cultural features of the environment. Characters are distinct recognisable patterns in the landscape that were comprised as a result of human and nature interactions. Landscape characters demonstrate precise features and values that exist in the current environment and provide information for those who use, manage, live...
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Bu araştırmanın amacı, Anadolu'ya yerleşen ilk Türk devleti olması dolayısıyla Türk bahçe kültürünün temelini oluşturacağı düşünülen Anadolu Selçuklu Dönemi'nin Antalya'da yer alan yapılarında bahçelerin özelliklerinin ortaya konmasıdır. Bu bağlamda, avlular ve avlularda yer alan elemanlar, bahçe duvarları ve kapıları, mezarlık olarak kullanılan al...
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Landscape is the result of the interaction between humans and nature, which often conveys a different character to the land. Recently, land use and landscape planning decisions have been increasingly informed by landscape character assessment (LCA) studies. In this study, LCA methodology was tested at the local scale in Side in the Turkish Mediterr...
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Peyzaj mimarlığı 1800'lü yıllarda terim olarak kullanılmaya başlamasına rağmen, Amerika ve Avrupa'da eğitimin 1900'lü yılların başlarında başladığı bilinmektedir. Ülkemizde peyzaj mimarlığı eğitim-öğretiminin kökleri ise 1933 yılında Ankara Yüksek Ziraat Enstitüsü bünyesinde kurulan "Süs Nebatları Şubesi"nin kuruluşuna dek uzanmaktadır. İstanbul’da...
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This paper covers the experiences from an EU-funded project entitled Cultural Landscapes in Landscape Design (CultureScape). The project coordinated by Akdeniz University, Turkey, involved teaching staff and students from four partner universities in three countries. The main objective of the project was to assess how cultural landscapes have evolv...
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The development of Turkish garden culture became late because of the nomadic way of life. Since the climatic conditions were very harsh and the droughts were very common in the Middle Asia, the original homeland of Turks, the migration was an obligatory way of life and, as a result of this, the attachment to earth was not possible. The most importa...
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Özet: Sanayi devrimi ve nüfus artışıyla birlikte doğal alanlar, insan ihtiyaçları doğrultusunda farklı kullanımlara dönüştürülmeye başlanmıştır. Bu araştırmanın konusu olan Akdeniz Üniversitesi Kampüsü üstün doğal özelliklere ve peyzaj çeşitliliğine sahiptir. Alanda, ekolojik, biyolojik ve jeolojik süreçlerin örnekleri halen gözlenmekte ve aynı zam...
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Antalya’s Landscape is the tangible outcome of the first LE:NOTRE Landscape Forum, which was held over four days in April 2012 and hosted by the Department of Landscape Architecture at Akdeniz University The Forum was the result of an attempt to develop a new kind of academic meeting – one which differed fundamentally in form and approach from the...
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Tourism is on the increase worldwide, and will continue to increase as global economies improve and leisure time increases. The Mediterranean coasts are the world’s main focus of tourist attraction, representing 30% of the tourist flow in the world. In 2006, some 260 million tourists visited the area and this figure is expected to be 350 million by...
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Özet: Lara Kumul Ormanları, Lara kıyı kumulları ile birlikte yüksek bir ekolojik değere sahip olup, Antalya kenti ile Kundu Turizm Gelişme Bölgesi arasında yer almaktadır. Hem kumul özelliği, hem de barındırdığı endemik bitki ve hayvan türleri nedeniyle 1992 yılında “II. derece doğal sit alanı” olarak ilan edilmiştir. Ancak, Antalya kenti yerleşim...
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Özet: Sivil amaçlı uzaktan algılama uydularının kullanımının artması ve uydu teknolojisindeki gelişmeler sonucunda doğal kaynaklar ve bitki örtüsü ile ilgili haritalar çok daha hızlı ve düşük maliyetli bir şekilde hazırlanabilmektedir. Amenajman planı yapmak amacıyla yüksek çözünürlüklü uydu verilerinin kullanımı, kaynak ve zaman tasarrufu sağlamas...
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Özet: Türkiye iklimsel özellikleri ve coğrafi konumundan dolayı doğal, kültürel, tarihsel ve arkeolojik kaynaklarca zengin bir ülkedir. Günümüzde bu kaynakların korunabilmesi için çok yönlü araştırmalar yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışma, ülkemizin sahip olduğu doğal kaynaklardan biri olan ve Antalya kentsel alanı içerisinde yer alan doğal sitlerin ayrıntıl...
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Effect of paclobutrazol on flowering characteristics, leaf and flower colour of Consolida orientalis (Gay) Schröd., native to South Anatolia (Turkey) was investigated. Seeds were directly sown into soil under unheated greenhouse and natural photoperiod conditions on 17 January and paclobutrazol at concentrations of 0 (control), 125, 250 and 500 mg·...
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Cultural landscapes are the combination of man and nature and interface between all natural and cultural assets. Interventions throughout the ages or sum of physical human occupation along time series bring values, meanings, attributes, association and inclusively feelings about the cultural landscapes that people relate to physical and visual comp...
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The biotopes of ecological importance in urban environments worldwide are under the pressure of many negative factors such as urbanization, air pollution, human disturbance, etc. Biotope mapping is an important tool for urban planning and management and of importance for the protection of biotopes for future generations. The biotopes in Antalya cit...
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Peyzaj karakteri, insan faktörü ve/veya doğal faktörler yada bu faktörlerin etkileşimi sonucu oluşan alanlar olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Doğal, yarı-doğal veya kültürel niteliği ne olursa olsun peyzaj, insan ve doğa arasındaki karşılıklı alış-verişin bir bütünü olarak kabul edilirken, kırsal peyzaj tipleri tarım alanları, kırsal yerleşimler, orman ala...
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Urbanization played a significant role in the second half of the 20th century in Turkey. Immigration from rural areas to cities created many problems including green space problems. Municipalities with competence concerning urban planning and management have been unable to provide sufficient open and green spaces for city dwellers. This is true eve...
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The effects of photoperiod and sowing time on growth and flowering characteristics of Lupinus varius were investigated during two growing periods to determine its responses to culture conditions as a potential native cut-flower crop. The seeds were sown in an unheated plastic greenhouse on 28 September, 28 October and 28 November under natural, 14-...
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Erasmus represents the higher education section of Socrates II; the European Commission programme supporting European cooperation in education and training. Through this programme, COZIP has been established and funded as an Intensive Programme (IP), the aim of which is to enhance knowledge transfer with regard the European dimensions of Integrated...
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Recreation is regarded all activities that realized for relaxing, spending free times and entertainment. Water-dependent recreation activities are among the most favourite attractions for tourists today. However, there may be some negative impacts of recreation on the natural environments if the recreation activities are not properly managed in a s...
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The effects of method of application and dose of paclobutrazol on the growth and flowering characteristics of Lupinus varius L. were studied. On 17 Dec., seeds were sown into 18-cm pots (three seeds per pot) filled with a mixture consisting of 2 peat : 1 river sand (by volume). On 25 Mar., when 5% of the plants had elongated first internodes, doses...
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In 2002, the Metropolitan Municipality decided to improve the facilities of Ataturk Park, one of the oldest parks in Antalya, Turkey. Since it had been declared as a protected area, an environmentally sensitive design approach was of importance. Akdeniz University, Department of Landscape Architecture undertook the revision project. In addition to...
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The seed coat treatments (mechanical scarification, boiling seeds for 4, 6, 8 and 10 minutes and scarifying in concentrated sulfuric acid for 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 h) were tested to overcome the seed coat impermeability and improve germination and early seedling growth characteristics of Lupinus varius. Mechanical scarification provided rapid and...
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The recreational use value of Kursunlu Waterfall Nature Park in the Antalya province of Turkey was studied by using the Individual Travel Cost Method (ITCM). For this purpose, 500 on-site questionnaires were administered between September 1998 and June 1999. By applying certain criteria to these questionnaires, 280 cases were selected for economic...
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Avrupa Peyzaj Sözleşmesi (European Landscape Convention) Avrupa peyzajlarının korunması, geliştirilmesi, planlanması ve yönetimi ile ilgili bir sözleşmedir. Avrupa Konseyi tarafından hazırlanan bu sözleşmenin ortaya çıkışı bazı gelişmelere dayanmaktadır. Mart 1994'te düzenlenen Avrupa Yerel ve Bölgesel Otoriteler Daimi Konferansında 256 sayılı yöne...

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