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From the beginning of human life, people have needed water for various reasons and they have made their first preference in order to settle in areas close to water resources. The resources and areas that can meet this desire and need in different qualities and dimensions, are in a wide range for different settlement areas and cultures of the world. Water resources have also been a separate study topic within the landscape architecture discipline for the recreational purpose. Landscape planning and design principles that will provide effective and efficient use of resources and ecological planning are important task for these areas. It is a fact that rivers will create better quality spaces in ecological and spatial point through landscape planning and design principles. In this study different river resources in our world and our country have been evaluated based on the planning and design principles. As a result of the analysis of the information obtained from the researches, evaluations were made for recreational area usage planning for the Gölbucağı Boğaz District of Bartın River and the landscape design project of the area was drawn. The AutoCad2014, Photoshop CS5, Sketchup and Lumion software were referred used for drawing and 3D presentation phases of the projects. It is thought that the result of the project will give an idea about the river side regulation works for our country and world cities.