Tekirdağ is one of our country's major tourism and industrial city. During the growing population and the country's development due to the location in 2012 was changed to metropolitan status. Most of the fastest growing in our city as well as in the province of Tekirdag, the negative effects are caused by rapid urbanization. Metropolitan process of being renewed with the physical and administrative structuring of this negativity in the city is expected to continue to increase. For this purpose, the urban planning and design work to be done according to the concept of sustainable cities is very important. In this study, Tekirdağ's natural, cultural and socioeconomic data, putting forward the process of being metropolitan and after assessments have been made.

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Günümüzde turizm ve rekreasyonel aktivitelere olan talep sürekli artmaktadır. Bu aktivitelerin sağlıklı bir şekilde gerçekleştirilebilmesi için faaliyetlere olan talebin, bireylere göre farklılıklar gösterse de belirlenmesi önem taşımaktadır. Bu araştırma, halkın demografik yapısının rekreasyonel tercihlere etkisinin araştırılması ve kent halkının rekreasyonel eğilim ve taleplerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Tekirdağ il genelinde yürütülen çalışmada 11 ilçede toplam 543 kullanıcı ile anket yapılmıştır. Ankette demografik özelliklerden cinsiyet, yaş, eğitim ve gelir durumu ele alınarak sonuçlar istatistiki olarak analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda demografik yapının; bireylerin turizm ve rekreasyonel tercihlerinin neler olduğunun belirlenmesine, tercih etme sebeplerine ve aktivite sıklığına etkisinin olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Özellikle kullanıcıların eğitim durumunun bütün aktivitelerde etken olduğu görülmüştür. Bu sonuçlar yerel ölçekte yapılan benzer çalışmalarla paralellik göstermektedir. AbstractDemand for tourism and recreational activities is constantly increasing and it varies from person to person as individuals represent different demographic background. Therefore, it is important to consider demographic structure to determine the demand. This study was carried out to identify the effect of demographic structure on the recreational preferences and tendencies, and demands of the urban population. A survey was conducted with a total of 543 users in 11 districts of Tekirdağ province. Demographic characteristics were analyzed by gender, age, education and income. Statistical analysis showed that demographic structure influences to determine what the tourism and recreational preferences, the reasons of their chosen and frequency of activities. Particularly the educational background is a main determinant of recreational and tourism preferences. These results show parallelism with the similar studies conducted on local scale.

Urban areas are living spaces that change according to today's conditions and time. Changes that occur in urban environments are primarily reflected in the natural and cultural resources of cities, and this situation directs the physical, psychological and social life style of the urban people. Creating liveable urban environments and ensuring their sustainability is possible by planning the physical and natural components which are common of all cities. Green areas which are a binding balance element among the physical components of buildings and roads have been the subject of various studies and developed strategies to protect and develop them. In this study, by conducting a comprehensive literature research, national and international studies on green areas have been researched; definitions, classifications, functions, planning policies, legal regulations for their implementation synthesized and a green space system model that can be adapted to all city types has been developed.