Application of Collaborative Approaches to the Integrative Environmental Planning of Medditeranian Coastal Zone: Case of Turkey

Abstract

"This study, being the assessment of the collaborative land use planning for the coastal zone with their methodologies and environmental impact assessment is oriented in such a way that it can also be seen as a guideline for the integrative environmental planning in the Mediterranean coastal zone especially for Turkey. With this study, it is targeted to integrate the techniques of traditional, regional and local land use planning with those of coastal zone science into application techniques with the potential of developing coastal management capabilities for planning. As a result of these, there are some suggestions such as public participation should be used efficiently in each stage of planning processes, local and national authorities should be worked in harmony and the likes have been made."