@article{article_471506, title={Characteristics of Users Affecting Edible Plant Demand in Urban Parks}, journal={Turkish Journal of Agricultural and Natural Sciences}, volume={5}, pages={666–675}, year={2018}, DOI={10.30910/turkjans.471506}, author={Yalçınalp, Emrah and Demirci, Özgür}, keywords={Edible landscape,ecological landscape design,urban parks,edible plant,landscape plants.}, abstract={<p> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The term edible landscape became very popular especially because of some
problems related with some cultural, sociological, ecological and economical
changes in urban areas. While urban parks have important roles on life quality
of those who live in urban areas, they also have many different functions.
Urban parks, which are designed to have edible landscapes inside, make it
possible for those who live in urban areas to feel comfortable making them feel
close to the nature and create an emotional relation with the users. Apart from
this, they make a great contribution to awareness of ecology and environmental
conservation. Furthermore, edible landscapes can be added to existing urban
parks by some rehabilitation studies following some design principles. Main
purpose of this study is to evaluate three different urban parks in Trabzon
regarding their edible plant potentials by questioning the users’ approaches.
From this point of view, this understanding is intended to be widely adopted by
the user and to provide a great opportunity for transition to more sustainable
food systems and urban land uses. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={Mevlüt AKÇURA}