Articles should be written in accordance with the ARTICLE TEMPLATE and will eventually look like the SAMPLE ARTICLE. Articles should be written on A4 paper with 11-point Arial font, 1.2 line spacing, and aligned on both sides. 3 cm space should be left at the top of the page, 2 cm space should be left on the right, left and bottom. Paragraph indentation should be set as 1 cm. The pages of the article should be numbered. The article should not be longer than 20 (twenty) pages, including the “References” section.

The article title, author and institution information, Turkish and English summaries should fit on the first page. Turkish summaries of articles by foreign authors will be written by the journal’s language editors.

All section titles within the article, except for ‘References’, should be numbered consecutively. The first letter of the words should be capitalized. Main headings should be 11 point bold; subheadings should be 11 point, normal and italic. Section headings should be used at most at level 3. A 10 nk space must be left before all headings.

The article title will be written between the lines in the template. It should be written in Arial 12 points, bold, capital letters and centered. It should be short and comprehensive and should not exceed 15 (fifteen) words.

No information about the authors should be given in the article’s text. Information about the authors will be added by the journal editors if the article is accepted.

A Turkish “Abstract” should be provided (if the article is in English, the English abstract must be provided first). The abstract should be given with a blank line after the underline of the section where the article title and author information will be included. No space should be left between the abstract title and the text. The abstract of the article should be given in a single paragraph, there should be no indentation at the beginning of the paragraph, the text should be aligned on both sides, 1.2 line spacing, and Arial 10-point normal font. The abstract should not exceed 250 words, and should summarize the purpose, method and results of the study.

A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 keywords that are directly related to the content of the study and will facilitate indexing should be written under the abstract without leaving any space. Keywords must be different from the words in the title. The first letter of the first keyword must be capitalized, the other letters and all other keywords must be written in lower case. Arial 10-point and normal font must be used. Keywords must be separated from each other with commas.

After the keywords, the English title of the article (Turkish title if the article is in English) should be given. It should be written in Arial-12 point, bold, capital letters, italic font and centered.
Abstract should be given in English (in Turkish if the article is in English) with a single line space after the title. There should be no space between the abstract title and the text. The abstract should be given in a single paragraph, there should be no indentation at the beginning of the paragraph, the text should be aligned on both sides, 1.2 line spacing, and in Arial 10-point italic font.

Keywords should be written below the abstract without leaving any space. The first letter of the first keyword should be capitalized, the other letters and other keywords should be written in lower case. Arial 10-point and italic font should be used. Keywords should be separated from each other with a comma. In English abstracts, conjunctions such as "of, at, on, in, and" should not be used in keywords.

These sections will be filled in by the Journal administration.

The subject of the study should be summarized, information on the subject should be given with reference to previous studies, and issues requiring knowledge generation or planning and design solutions should be emphasized. Finally, the purpose of the study should be clearly stated.

The material used, the methods applied, the criteria considered, the experimental designs or sampling methods applied, and statistical analyses should be clearly explained, supported by references. In articles on good planning and design studies, original planning and design approaches and design concepts should be explained.

The findings should be given with the help of figures and tables and based on statistical analyses. All data in figures and tables should be avoided in the text, and important data should be emphasized. Sentence and expression repetitions should be avoided in the narrative. When necessary, findings can be given under subheadings. A maximum of 3rd level subheadings can be used.

The findings should be compared with previous studies in terms of similarities and contrasts, and the information gap they fill should be emphasized. The results and any suggestions should be presented.
Authors may present the discussion and conclusion as separate headings if they wish. The discussion section can be given under subheadings according to the structure of the study.

If necessary, the individuals who contributed to the study or article and the supporting institutions (with project numbers, if any) should be indicated. For example: This study was supported by [Institution Name] with [Project Name or Number].

This section should be included at the end of every research that requires ethics committee approval. “This research has been approved by the ethics committee of xxxxxxxxxxxx with document number xxxxxxxxx dated xxxxxxxxxxxx.”

Photographs, graphs, figures, diagrams and similar should be called "Figure" whereas numerical values are called "Table". All figures and tables should be numbered within themselves and should be given after the reference in the closest place to the reference in the article. Figures or tables should be preferred in a way that the reader can understand the data in the best way, and similar data should not be presented in two different ways. If necessary, tables and figures can be presented to cover two columns.

There should be a 10 nk space before and after the names of figures and tables. Figure and table captions should be short and descriptive. Table captions should be placed above the tables, left aligned (centered if given to include both columns) and in Arial 10-point italic font. Figure names should be placed below the figures, centered and in Arial 10-point italic font. A minimum of 8-point font should be used in figure and table insets and footnotes.

The texts within the tables should be left-aligned, and the digits should be right-aligned, in normal font style. Decimal digits in the tables should be aligned along the column.

Photos should be in 600 dpi resolution and in JPEG format. There should be no vertical lines in the tables.

If abbreviations are used in figures and tables, their explanations should be provided immediately below them.

The International System of Units (SI) should be used in articles. CLICK HERE to access SI units. A point, not a comma, should be used as a decimal separator (e.g 1.25 instead of 1,25).

Abbreviations should not be used in the article title, section headings and subheadings. Necessary abbreviations should be given in parentheses where the concepts are first mentioned. The universal rules of the relevant field should be followed in the use of abbreviations and symbols.

If a Latin name is used in the article title, the reference to the author should not be given. In the abstract and in the text of the article, the Latin names should be given in full and with the author's names where they are first mentioned. The internationally accepted abbreviations should be used where they are used later. (Example: Lupinus varius (L.) in the first use, L. varius in subsequent uses). All Latin names should be written in italics.

Formulas in articles should be called “Equality”, numbered, when necessary, the number should be shown right-justified in parentheses next to the formula, and equations should fit on a single line as much as possible. Equalities in mathematical form should be written using the Equation Editor and should not be written elsewhere and pasted into the text of the article in jpeg format.

All sources cited in the text must be indicated in the References section. Both in the text and in the list of sources, references must be cited according to APA 6 Reference Notation. The list of sources must be arranged alphabetically according to the author's surnames, must be indented 1 cm, and Arial 9-point font must be used.

1. According to Fuller (1982), information is increasing exponentially today and the time attributed to the half-life of information is getting shorter every day.

2. Information is increasing exponentially today and the time attributed to the half-life of information is getting shorter every day (Fuller, 1982).

In the case of two authors:

1. Fuller and Shaw (1982) stated that information is increasing exponentially today, and the time attributed to the half-life of information is getting shorter every day.

2. It is argued that knowledge is increasing exponentially today and the time attributed to the half-life of knowledge is getting shorter and shorter (Fuller and Shaw, 1982).

1. Fuller et al. (1982) stated that knowledge is increasing exponentially today, and the time attributed to the half-life of knowledge is getting shorter and shorter.

2. It is argued that knowledge is increasing exponentially today and the time attributed to the half-life of knowledge is getting shorter and shorter (Fuller et al., 1982).

If more than one source is to be cited in the same place, the sources should be given in chronological order, those with the same date should be given in alphabetical order and separated by a semicolon (;).

        Example: (Fuller et al., 1982; Metcalf, 2006)

If more than one publication of the same author with the same date is to be cited, the letters a, b, c are added to the end of the dates and the dates are separated by a comma without repeating the author's name.

        Example: (Fuller, 1982a, 1982b)

If a group/legal entity (such as an association, company, government agency) is mentioned as the author, the name information regarding this group should be given clearly and understandably in the citations within the text. The group name can be abbreviated in some cases. If the group name is long, if the abbreviation is understandable to everyone, or if there is an abbreviation already known for the name, both the open and abbreviated forms can be used in the first use, and only the abbreviation can be used in subsequent uses. The words “Anonymous” or “Anonymous” should not be used for the group/legal entity.

        Example:

First citation:
(The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye [TÜBİTAK], 2024)

Second and subsequent citations: (TÜBİTAK, 2024)

If the citation is made within a sentence:

First citation: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK, 2024)
Second and subsequent citations: TÜBİTAK (2024)

In the References section, all works cited in the article should be given alphabetically (by the authors' surnames) and in the original language. No abbreviations should be used in reference names.

For articles in journals: Authors, (Year). Title of the article (The first letter of the word is lowercase). Full and clear name of the journal in which it was published (normal, italic), Volume (Issue): Page range. DOI address

If journal articles have a DOI number, it should be added to the end of the reference. Articles without a DOI number, if included in the database, should end the reference after specifying the page range. In other words, the reference of articles in the database that do not have a DOI should be given as if they were a printed journal article. If there is a URL for articles from an online journal that does not have a DOI number and is not considered part of the database, it should be added to the end of the reference.

        Examples:

Acar, C. and Acar, H. (2020). Biophilic landscape approaches and green infrastructure in urban spaces: The Singapore example. Peyzaj, 2(1): 33-45.

Yılmaz, T. (2009). Planting possibilities depending on physical structure in valleys, Ankara Büyükesat Valley example. Ankara University Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1(1): 1-12. doi: 10.1501/Csaum_0000000006

Solecka, I., Raszka, B. and Krajewski, P. (2018). Landscape analysis for sustainable land use policy: A case study in the municipality of Popielów, Poland. Land Use Policy, 75, 116-126. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.01.021

Book or report titles are written in italics and only the first letter of the first word in the title or subtitle is capitalized.

Lyle, J.T. (1999). Design for human ecosystems. Washington: Island Press.

Atik, M., Ortaçeşme, V., Göktürk, R.S., Yıldırım, E., Sayan, M.S., Sönmez, S. (2010). Determination of the Effects of Recreational Activities on Vegetation and Soil in Olympos-Beydağları National Park. (Project No. TÜBİTAK ÇAYDAG 107Y100).

Fasla, G.W.R. (2020). From Concept to Form in Landscape Design, (E. O, Trans.). İstanbul: Literatür Publications.

Uzun, O. (2014). Basic methodological approaches in landscape planning. In G. Çetinkaya, O. Uzun (Eds.), Landscape Planning (pp. 51-83). İstanbul: Birsen Publishing House.

Zegerek Altunbey, P., & Ortacesme, V. (2023). The Importance of green infrastructure practices in urban areas in the context of global climate change. In M.E. Başar, İ. Acar Ata (Eds). Pioneer and Contemporary Studies in Architecture, Planning and Design (pp. 193-222). İzmir: Duvar publishing.

If there is a DOI number that is matched with the content, it should be given in the citation. When giving a DOI number in the citation, the structure doi:xxxxxxxxx is used. If a DOI number is given in the citation, there is no need to provide access information to the content.

        Example:

Chan, H. F., Guillot, M., Page, L., and Torgler, B. (2015). The inner quality of an article: Will time tell? Scientometrics, 104, pp. 19-41. doi:10.1007/s11192-015-1581-y

If there is no DOI number that is matched with the content, the URL information for the journal or publisher's homepage should be given. If the article is accessed from a private database, verification from the web is required.

        Example:

Al, U. and Doğan, G. (2012). Citation analysis of theses of the Department of Information and Document Management at Hacettepe University. Turkish Librarianship, 26, 349-369. Access address: http://www.tk.org.tr

The title of the article is in italics, only the first letter of the first word is capitalized, the rest are in lower case if they are not proper nouns. Access date: Day Month Year, link of the article.

        Example:

Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services. (2020). Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services Accessibility Guide. Access date: 12.04.2024, https://www.aile.gov.tr/media/65613/erisebilirlik_kilavuzu_2021.pdf

Theses:

Altuntaş, A. (2017). Determination of landscape quality objectives at local scale: Antalya Aksu example. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Akdeniz University Institute of Science, Antalya.

Kılıçaslan, Ç, Denerel, S.B. and Birişçi, T. (2011). A research on the examination of the public outdoor spaces of Bergama city in terms of equipment elements: Çamlı Park example. International Bergama Symposium Proceedings Book, (pp. 7-9), İzmir.

Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, MD (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 116(47): 23499– 23504. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1910510116