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Defining suitable areas for bioclimatic comfort for landscape planning and landscape management in Hatay, Turkey

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This study is based on an area in Hatay, Turkey, and involves examining all weather and climate-related data that can be used to determine its suitability for the bioclimatic comfort. It attempts to explain bioclimatic comfort and describes in detail all the variables that make this contemporary concept and why it is important from a landscape architecture planning point of view. According to Köppen climate classification, the general climate character of the study area is classified as medium-altitude, warm summer, and climate type with mild or winters with Csa-Csb letters. As the area is very large in terms of total area, the findings were different across the whole area; which means that some parts were bioclimatic-comfort-friendly and other parts were not to varying degrees. June is the month in which suitable areas cover the province’s largest area. Because temperatures have reached a suitable level in terms of climatic comfort, humidity and wind speed have increased. In climatic map result, it shows that Hatay is the highest region area with high altitudes of regions in the center. The examination for thermal comfort took place for months. Hatay’s results show that it serves as a helper in future planning of landscape: planning that brings the comfort of bioclimatic to the level of highest and that helps determine new region settlement in Hatay. The study finally proposes that it paves the way for future researches and studies to ultimately standardize bioclimatic comfort in landscape architecture and urban planning that allows achieving the optimal planning objectives in all aspects.

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  1. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography, Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Nevsehir, Turkey

    Fatih Adiguzel & Senay Gungor

  2. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey

    Mehmet Cetin

  3. Iskenderun Vocational School, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Program of Map and Cadastre, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey

    Efdal Kaya

  4. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

    Mesut Simsek

  5. Faculty of Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, Turkey

    Elif Bozdogan Sert

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We submit a research paper titled “Defining suitable areas for bio-climatic comfort for landscape planning and landscape management in Hatay, Turkey.” Our findings can increase the understanding of how bioclimatic comfort affects the urban environment. They also help determine a suitable area for landscape planning and management. This study is a unique experiment in improving a city’s environment and in helping to make cities sustainable in terms of climatic factors.

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• Determining the bioclimatic characteristics of an urban area through GIS analysis

• Providing environmental sensitivity in the analysis

• Ensuring continuity in the protection of urban balance

• Learning to develop appropriate means to ensure the value of urban activities and a balance between protection and use of resources

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Adiguzel, F., Cetin, M., Kaya, E. et al. Defining suitable areas for bioclimatic comfort for landscape planning and landscape management in Hatay, Turkey. Theor Appl Climatol 139, 1493–1503 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-019-03065-7

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