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What affects perceptions of local residents toward protected areas A case study from Kure Mountains National Park Turkey    
Yazarlar
Doç. Dr. Nur BELKAYALI
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Yavuz GÜLOĞLU
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Hakan ŞEVİK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Local residents' active participation is essential in protected areas to ensure achievement of conservation goals. One of the important steps for ensuring the active participation of local residents is to determine the perceptions and the factors that influence the perceptions of the local residents toward the protected area. In this context, the researchers of this study try to come up with the perception formed among the local residents toward the protected areas and especially toward Kure Mountains National Park (KMNP), the factors that would influence their perceptions and the ways how their perceptions are influenced. Multivariate linear regression was used to examine the putative influence of variables on perceptions toward protected areas. According to study results, the survey respondents have displayed a positive perception toward the protected areas in the world and in KMNP. It was determined that the respondents formed a positive perception from their economic, environmental and recreational interaction with KMNP. Also, the outcomes of this study showed that the perception developed by local residents toward the protected areas in the world and KMNP are influenced by gender, the level of satisfaction derived from the national park, duration of their residence in the national park, and that the perception that KMNP conservation are beneficial for the source values of the area, the current protection works in the world, as well as its impacts on their living conditions.
Anahtar Kelimeler
perception,protected area,local residents,participation,Kure Mountains National Park
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology
Dergi ISSN 1350-4509
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2016
Cilt No 23
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 194 / 202
Doi Numarası 10.1080/13504509.2015.1098743
Makale Linki http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504509.2015.1098743