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Evaluation of Woody Plant Taxons in the Bursa Urban Parks in Terms of Ecological Tolerance Criteria
Authors: Murat ZENCİRKIRAN, Nilüfer SEYİDOĞLU AKDENİZ
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Climate change, which is now becoming effective on a global scale, causes water shortage to occur in serious dimensions for all living things. The water shortage brings a limiting effect on the habitats and comfort of all living things, such as human beings, animals and plants. In the coming periods, it is expressed by scientists that the countries in the Mediterranean zone where our country is also located will turn into arid and semi-arid areas due to the water shortage. This situation becomes particularly a serious obstacle to the sustainability of open green spaces, which are important in terms of life comfort and in open green spaces designs, increases the importance of design plants with high ecological tolerances. In this study, four urban parks (Reşat Oyal Kültür Park, Soğanlı Botanic Park, Merinos Urban Park, Hüdavendiğar Urban Park) located in Bursa province were evaluated by taking into ecological tolerance criteria. It has been determined that the woody plant species used in the design of Bursa urban parks in 53 families. 54 taxon in Reşat Oyal Kültür Park, 182 in Soğanlı Botanic Park, 49 in Merinos Urban Park, 76 woody taxon in Hüdavendigar Urban Park. The woody plant taxons that were found to belong to 53 families were analysed for water consumption, light requirements and ecological tolerance (drought, frost, temperature, salt, wind and pollution). As a result, although the Reşat Oyal Cultural Park is the oldest one, it was determined that the appropriate design plant taxa are used in terms of all agents, and it has been designed by plant taxa considerably which low water consumption and high ecological tolerance.