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KÜRESEL ISINMANIN EŞİĞİNDE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR TURİZM / Sustainable Tourism on the Brink of Global Warming

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Atıf (Citation): Derinöz, B. (2021). Küresel Isınmanın Eşiğinde Sürdürülebilir Turizm, Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar Odağında Toplum ve Kültür Araştırmaları - II, 1. Basım, Editör: Dr. Mustafa Dinç, ISBN: 978-625-8009-67-5, Paradigma Akademi Yayınları, Çanakkale.
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KÜRESEL ISINMANIN EŞİĞİNDE
SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR TURİZM
Bekir DERİNÖZ
Giriş
Küresel ısınma en basit tanımıyla beşerî faaliyetler sonucu at-
mosfere salınan gazların sera etkisi oluşturması sonucunda dünya
yüzeyinde sıcaklığın artış göstermesi ile ifade edilebilir. Mekanizma
güneşten gelen ve dünyayı ısıtan güneş ışınlarının tekrar atmosfere
yansırken su buharı, karbondioksit ve metan gazı gibi sera gazı ola-
rak tabir edilen gazlar tarafından tutulması ve yeryüzünün olması
gerekenden daha fazla ısınması şeklinde gerçekleşir. Küresel ısınma
(global warming) bilimsel dünyada 21. yüzyılın tartışmalı konuların-
dan biri olarak varlığını sürdürmektedir. Ancak küresel ısınma pra-
tikte bilimsel bir tartışma konusu olmaktan çıkmış; ekonomik, sosyal,
kültürel, jeopolitik etkileri gözlemlenmeye başlamış ve bireylerin
yaşamlarını şekillendiren bir faktör olarak ön plana çıkmıştır. Küresel
ısınmanın temel nedeni özellikle fosil yakıt tüketimleri ve ormansız-
laşma gibi süreçler sonucunda atmosferde yer alan sera gazlarının
(karbondioksit ve metan gibi gazlar) oranının artmasıdır. Son yarım
milyon yıldır atmosferdeki karbondioksit yoğunluğunun oldukça
yüksek seviyelere çıktığı bilinmektedir. Yapılan araştırmalar bu ger-
çeği gözler önüne sermektedir. Yapılan bilimsel çalışmalar son bin
yıldır dünyanın hiç olmadığı kadar ısındığını göstermektedir (Bhat-
tacharjee, 2010; Shahzad, 2015; Gössling, 2011; Korstanje ve George,
Dr., Balıkesir Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Coğrafya Bölümü, Balıke-
sir/TÜRKİYE. e-posta: bekirderinoz@balikesir.edu.tr. ORCID: 0000-0002-0427-2092.
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