Coastal use in cities: Potentials of the Blacksea Ordu

Coastal areas in cities from past to present; used for different purposes like transportation, settlement, trade, agriculture, etc. The ecology of the coasts began to deteriorate due to industrialization, population growth, and unplanned construction.Thus, it started to create difficult borders between the city and the coast. Coastal areas, where human access is restricted, lose their vitality over time. Surrounded by seas on three sides, Turkey is very rich in terms of coastal cities. One of them is Ordu province located in the Black Sea Region. Ordu has many potentials in terms of coastal use and tourism thanks to its location, natural, historical and cultural features. It is possible and necessary to increase the attractiveness of the city and to gain a brand image by using these potentials. Within the scope of this thesis, domestic and international coastal uses were examined and the coastal use potential of Ordu province was studied. In this direction, it is made a user survey on the coastal use in city; the wishes and suggestions of the people were determined. Afterwards, the strengths and weaknesses of Altınordu district, which constitutes the city center of Ordu, were examined in terms of tourism and recreation, and suggestions were made for renewing the coastlin