The Effect of Education on the Preservation of Historical Urban Environment: The Sample of Kastamonu Urban Protected Area

Year 2018, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 97 - 107, 30.12.2018

Nur Belkayalı , Yavuz Güloğlu

Abstract

Urban historical environments are one of the most prominent and effective
ones of some components to whom citizens can consubstantiate themselves to
cities, and give identity to them and time perspective to living spaces of
the cities. These areas are not only the histories of a society but also its
memory, culture and even future. Therefore, the conservation of urban
protected areas is not just a responsibility for local people living in these
areas also a responsibility for all society. Conserving and ensuring
sustainability of these areas is just possible with a process on which area
participants involve.

In order for the area
shareholders to play an effective role in this process, they should be aware
of the benefit of the area for them. It is continuously emphasized in the
studies that education is important in providing this awareness. In the scope
of this study, it is tried to be identified how the education levels of
people who live in and around Kastamonu Protected area, who visit and
administrate Kastamonu affects the perspective of the protection of this
area. It is identified that the view that the protection of the area
negatively affects the life of the shareholders is inversely related to the
education level by evaluating 376 questionnaire studies with regression
analysis. It is considered that the perception that the increase in education
level positively affect the life conditions of protected areas, and
protecting these kinds of areas gain favor to all shareholders and become
easier and more sustainable.

Keywords

Keywords: Perception, urban historical environment, education, stakeholder

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