Browsing by Author "Akpinar N."

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Barriers to playground use for children with disabilities: A case from Ankara-turkey
(2010-05-04) Talay L.; Akpinar N.; Belkayali N.
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the playgrounds in terms of the barriers causing restricted use by disabled children. The investigation is carried out through a questionnaire and site surveys in the district of Keçiören-Ankara. The questionnaire was completed by parents of children with disabilities relating to physical and as well as social barriers parents and children are facing using the playgrounds. It was applied to 667 disabled child parents who are residents of the district. The site survey was carried out in 355 playgrounds in the districts. Site surveys are done by the research group by means of photographs and a checklist completed for each playground. Qualitative data obtained from site surveys converted to quantative data by means of the criteria set by the research group. These two groups of data then combined to determine the barriers. All the statistical analyses for the surveys have been carried out by using SPSS 15.0 (SPSSFW, SPSS Inc., Chigago, Il., USA) and Stats Direct (whopharmacoeco-nomics, Ver 2, 2, 0, USA) programme and frequency distribution have been worked out. When compiling the answers and during the site surveys it appeared that not only physical but also social barriers restrict the disabled children to use the playgrounds to which social barriers will not be evaluated in the context of this paper. The results show that playgrounds are not usable for the children with disabilities. The inadequate planning of playgrounds to the needs of disabled children and lack of awareness of municipalities and planners constitutes a very important barrier. The barrier can only be removed by rising awareness and cooperation of planners and municipalities with the disabled groups. © 2010 Academic Journals.
Determination of economic value of Göreme historical national park via contingent valuation method
(2010-05-04) Belkayali N.; Atan M.; Talay I.; Akpinar N.
The Göreme National Historical Park with its natural and cultural values is one of the distinguished potential areas where recreation and tourism activities can be carried out. This study has been undertaken with the aims of determining the recreational and tourism use value of Göreme Historical National Park with the contingent valuation method, examining effective factors of users' willingness to pay. After completing preliminary works to achieve the objectives, a survey was conducted in the Göreme Historical National Park. Then, the data was entered into the computer using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) 15.0 statistical program to create a database for the statistical analysis. After that, the recreational and tourism use values (willingness to pay) for the National Park were calculated by doing necessary statistical analysis for Contingent Valuation Methods. As a result of the study, according to survey results which conducted in Göreme Historical National Park, annual willingness to pay value for current situation $ 8.672.788 and according to survey results which conducted out of Göreme Historical National Park, annual willingness to pay value for current situation $ 7.347.404 were calculated by using Contingent Valuation Method. © 2010 Academic Journals.