Full Length Research Paper

A survey on recreational use of domestic water supply reservoirs: A case study from Kurtboğazi-Ankara, Turkey

Neslihan Tekçe¹, Nur Belkayali²*, Dicle Oğuz³ and Canan Tanrisever Baştemur⁴

¹DSİV, Bölge Müdürlüğü, Ankara, Turkey.

²Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey.

³Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University Dışkapı Ankara, Turkey.

⁴Vocational School of Higher Education, Cide Rıfat Ilgaz Kastamonu University, Turkey.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: nbelkayali@kastamonu.edu.tr.  Tel: 00 90 (366) 215 09 00-233. Fax: 00 90 (366) 215 23 16.

Accepted 7 June, 2010

 Abstract

Water-based activity is an important element in recreational areas. A dam lake can be used for recreational purpose and has created vast opportunities for camping, scenery watching, fishing, rowing and other water sports. Recreational purpose of the dam lake has used in a growing since 1945. Our country in recent years, lake, pond, dam and dam of the lake for recreation and sports activities with the increasing interest in these areas, and environmental regulations to be made in the weight has been given. Kurtbogazi dam is also one of the areas in our country. Kurtboğazı Dam is used for drinking water and irrigation purposes in addition to serving as the dam is our recreation. In the context of this research, the purpose of providing water to the city’s recreational use Kurtboğazı Dam and user expectations in terms of the current situation was discussed. By the obtained information, the issues about recreational uses are identified and the development of Kurtboğazı Dam’s recreational uses opportunities is aimed. Kurtboğazı Dam and its surrounding area in order to determine the potential of the recreational survey was conducted, with the work user profile of the dam, visitors’ usage trends, expectations and desires were determined. Depending on the survey identified problems and requests on the basis of suggestions have been made for the field.

Key words: Recreation, dam lake, Kurtboğazı.