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The Effects Of Urban Green Spaces On House Prices In The Upper Northwest Urban Development Area Of Adana (Turkey), M. Faruk Altunkasa, Cengi̇z Uslu
The Effects Of Urban Green Spaces On House Prices In The Upper Northwest Urban Development Area Of Adana (Turkey), M. Faruk Altunkasa, Cengi̇z Uslu
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Green spaces have very important functions in the creation of a sustainable city. However, in cities, which grow in terms of their population and physical environment, the primary aim of city planning is to meet the housing deficit. For this reason, areas having natural characteristics within an urban area are destroyed and existing green spaces are turned into housing areas. The most important reason why green spaces are not prioritized in city planning is that there is no market representing the green spaces. The market value of green spaces is hard to quantify. The higher price paid by customers for …
Flora Of The Natural Conservation Area In Adana-Yumurtalık Lagoon (Turkey), Haşi̇m Altinözlü
Flora Of The Natural Conservation Area In Adana-Yumurtalık Lagoon (Turkey), Haşi̇m Altinözlü
Turkish Journal of Botany
This study includes the natural and cultivated plants in the Natural Conservation Area in Yumurtalık Lagoon. In an evalution of 450 herbarium specimens collected from this area in 1997 and 1998, a total of 186 genera and 234 species belonging to 65 families were identified: 223 of the 234 species are natural and 11 are cultivated. Three of the 234 taxa are endemics (1.3%), 26 taxa (11.6%) are Mediterranean elements, 13 taxa (5.8%) are East Mediterranean elements, 6 taxa (2.6%) are Irano-Turanian elements, 5 taxa (2.2%) are Euro-Siberian elements, and 1 taxon (0.4%) is a Hyrcano-Euxine element. The other 172 …