Importance of coastal landscape designs and suggestions for Kurucasile (Bartın) port

Abstract

Water shores have been used by people for various purposes throughout history. One of the most important of these is recreational use. People spend their free time on water shores in order to benefit from the visual and physical effects of water in various ways. In this study, the port area in Kurucasile District of Bartin Province was chosen as the study area. The area is currently used for transportation. Apart from that, it is used indiscriminately for recreational purposes and its potential is not used sufficiently. In the study, it is aimed to bring the area to better physical and visual conditions, to provide a better urban space for the citizens and visitors, and to prepare a facility for recreational activities. For this purpose, landscape design projects in different concepts were created for the area. AutoCad 2017, SketcUp, Photoshop CS5 and Lumion software were used in the preparation and presentation of the projects. It is foreseen that if the projects produced within the scope of the study are implemented, the existing problems of the area will be solved, the spatial quality will increase and different public space will be realized for the users. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.