DETERMINING THE RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL OF THE DAM LAKE AND ITS ENVIRONMENTS: THE CASE OF KIRKLARELİ PROVINCE KAYALIKOY DAM

Abstract

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to determine the recreational potential of Kayalıköy dam and its surroundings, located in the north of Kırklareli University. Method: The research was created by reinterpreting the evaluation methods of similar studies in the literature within the scope of the research. Within the scope of the study, a 3-stage study was carried out. In the first stage, literature review and field study were carried out. In the second stage, the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHS), which is a multi-criteria decision-making method, was used and the evaluation criteria, whose weights were determined, were applied to the field. In the third stage, the recreational potential of the area was determined through the ArcGIS program and land use suggestions were developed. Results: The 11 main criteria included in the method were scored in the ArcGIS environment with appropriate sub-criteria within their weights and the recreational potential of the area was determined by the overlap method. Within the scope of the evaluation, there are no areas with very low and low recreational potential in the study area. It has been determined by the overlay method that there are 3 classes in the area, as "high recreational potential" 2910 ha, "high recreational potential" 1603 ha and "medium recreational potential" 35 ha. Conclusion: In order to determine the recreation potential of the Kayalıköy dam and its immediate surroundings, which were determined as the study area, the weights of the evaluation criteria in the literature were determined in the ArcGIS environment using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), one of the Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods, by taking the opinions of 9 experts. As a result of the evaluation, it was determined that the recreation potential of the area was high and very high.