Determining the river basin changing effects to the property : case study in Trabzon Degirmendere river basin of Turkey
Demir, Osman, Cemal Biyik and Kamil Karatas
From the time of Ottoman Empire up to today, sea, lake, river bank etc have been possessed by the State according to the regulations about the river basins, and exploitation of those places has also been based on some legal rules. According to those regulations no one is allowed to utilize those places without permission, and no one could act in a way that his actions prevent the other people from utilizing these places. However, nowadays, if these places are analyzed it will be seen that they have been being used as residential areas, for industrial facilities, as areas where sand and gravel are produced, for facilities to crumble stones, and as agricultural area which are all illegal according to the regulations. In our country, Degirmendere Walley has been subject to change according to reconstruction plans there times by Trabzon Municipality. In every reconstruction plan, reconstruction density was increased in the region. According to the revision reconstruction plan accepted in 2003, different facilities were established in the region. Unfortunately, some of these facilities were planned in the river basin. Moreover, the existence of bad and unplanned constructions, industrial facilities, oil and gas stations, sand and gravel facilities, throughout the river basin, demonstrates the planned or unplanned wrong usage of the region. According to the regulations no one is allowed to utilize the areas without permission by himself alone, and no one has a right to prevent the others from utilizing them. But todayys practices show that these places have been being used as residential areas, for industrial facilities, as areas where sand and gravel are produced, for facilities to crumble stones, and as agricultural area which are all illegal according to the regulations.
Event: XXIII International FIG Congress : Shaping the change
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