Investigation of Tourism Interaction with Forest Fire Risk Areas in Cirali Region

Abstract

Forest fires appear as a real destruction with human activities or natural forces. Despite the impossibilities to control the nature, it's possible to map fire risk areas and reduce the number of fires and prevent the damages. GIS can be used effectively to create a forest fire risk map with the capacity to evaluate the factors that cause fire. Cirali region, which is under constant fire threat were chosen for this research. Cirali region is located in Antalya province, southwest of Turkey as an agricultural village and a tourism area. As a result of the fire risk analysis, it has been determined that is concentrated around the residentials with high fire risk and the roads connecting the residentials. The interaction between Cirali region tourism and forest fire risk is analysed with the DPSIR model that shows the fire risk factors affecting the tourism in the region directly or indirectly.

Keywords

• Forest fire risks
• tourism
• GIS
• DPSIR
• Cirali region

Çıralı Bölgesindeki Orman Yangını Risk Alanları ile Turizm Etkileşiminin İncelenmesi

Öz

Orman yangınları insan faaliyetleri veya doğal güçlerle gerçek bir yıkım olarak ortaya çıkar. Doğayı kontrol etmenin imkansızlıklarına rağmen, yangın riski alanlarını haritalamak ve yangın sayısını azaltmak ve hasarları önlemek mümkündür. CBS, yangına neden olan faktörleri değerlendirme kapasitesine sahip bir orman yangını risk haritası oluşturmak için etkin bir araç olarak kullanılabilir. Bu araştırma kapsamında Çıralı Bölgesi araştırma alanı olarak seçilmiştir. Çıralı Bölgesi Türkiye'nin güneybatısında, Antalya il sınırlarında, bir tarım köyü ve turizm alanı olarak yer almaktadır. Yangın riski analizi sonucunda, yangın riski yüksek olan alanların konutlar ile konutları birbirine bağlayan yollar çevresinde yoğunlaştığı tespit edilmiştir. Çıralı Bölgesi turizmi ile orman yangını riski arasındaki etkileşim, bölgedeki turizmi doğrudan veya dolaylı etkileyen yangın riski faktörlerini gösteren DPSIR modeli ile analiz edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Yangın risk analizi
• turizm
• CBS
• DPSIR
• Çıralı bölgesi

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