Yerel Halkın Sakin Şehir Algısı: Havran Örneği

Abstract

Although the process of industrialization and subsequent globalization has facilitated human life with technical and technological developments, it has brought along psychological, environmental, cultural and economic problems that have increased over time. In order to reduce and eliminate these problems, a sustainable development approach has emerged that uses resources effectively, protects the environment, cares about the local culture and provides economic efficiency. Another solution to the problems is cittaslow movement, which supports sustainable development and offers an alternative city development. This study aims to determine how local people in the city of Havran, Balikesir, which is in the process of applying cittaslow, perceives cittaslow movement in terms of tourism, economy, socio-cultural life and environmental aspects. The face-to-face questionnaire was applied to 378 people living in the district of Havran and the data obtained were subjected to descriptive analysis. In the study, various suggestions were made to make progress by taking the opinions and support of the local people in the process of being cittaslow of Havran.