Examination of Industrial Land Uses in Bartin City with the Aspects of Ecological Planning and Urban Ecology

The principle of “usage of natural resources without exhausting them”, as one of the major principles of sustainable development, has been adopted in the world. Thus spatial planning strategies have gained a dimension considering natural resources. Also in Turkey, worldwide planning strategies based on ecological perspective should be determined and adopted. Although these approach and principles mentioned above were included legal legislation, there is a need for ecological assessments from urban ecology and urban ecosystem. Consideration of sustainability, renewable resources and nonrenewable resources are major concepts and actions guiding to decision makers in planning process for sustainable and livable cities. In this research, industrial zones of Bartın province were investigated. Examining geographical, topographical, geological, hydrological, soil and floristic structure of the lands on which industrial establishments were located, current status of industrial land uses were evaluated with the aspects of ecological planning and urban ecology.