Evaluation of Van-Tatvan roads from environmental effects and landscape architecture

In this study, it was aimed to determine the environmental effects of the Van-Tatvan highway with its international reserves, the user attitudes about the landscape components of the Van-Tatvan highway and the analysis of the natural and cultural structures of the Van-Tatvan highway and its immediate surroundings. The study area covers an area of 129 km from Van-Kocaeli Friendship Park in Edremit to the entrance of Tatvan District. Cultural structure analysis has been carried out in the study area and historical and civic structures, wetlands, recreation areas and agricultural areas in the research area on the route have been examined and processed. In addition to this, a suitable mathematical method has been developed to determine the environmental effects of the use of the area in the vicinity of the highway and Van-Tatvan highway domain map has been prepared. In addition, a questionnaire consisting of 80 people was prepared to determine user attitudes about the landscape components of the study area. The results of the questionnaire were subjected to statistical questionnaires with SPSS software, and with the help of Chi-square significance tests, it was tried to understand how much the users had the answers to the answers they had.