Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
9th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, Sochi, Rusya, 10 - 14 Kasım 2009, ss.139-141
Harbours constitute one of the key commercial activities on coastal cities. However these may develop use conflicts among other sectors, mainly the ones aiming at environmental protection if a comprehensive coastal management planning is not carried out prior to any implementation. The lack of a comprehensive framework law for integrated coastal zone management results in failure of the implementation of rational and sustainable decisions concerning coastal zone management. Although several clauses of legislation address various issues of coastal zone management, one single "Coastal Management Act" with the objective of defining the overriding principles of coastal management plans has not yet been promulgated. The lack of such a law with fragmentation of the decision-making process gives rise to unsustainable coastal development. Gemlik District Municipal Area is located at the crossroad of the two large metropolises, namely Istanbul and Bursa and is home to the fourth largest free trade zone of Turkey. This fact has doubled the commercial activities in Gemlik and resulted in heavy urbanization on the coastal area by increasing the existing pressure on the coastal area of Gemlik Bay. The study was carried out on a 65 km wide coastal area extending along the shoreline of Gemlik. The inventory was carried out on the field and by using the archives of both the Maritime Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs and the Directorate of Gemlik Harbour in order to identify the existing and planned coastal structures (e.g. harbours, quays, breakwaters, and landing) with a classification of registered and authorized and unregistered/unauthorized ones as well as land reclamation. This paper summarizes the results of this study which, based on the inventory of the existing and planned coastal structures, makes a proposal for coastal planning in the light of the findings.