Geosites in Suggested Levent Geopark Valley

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Geopark is defined as areas where located geological and geomorfological features. Despite of the lack of relevant legistion in Turkey, geopark projects have been by local management, associations and Turkish universities. Kula geopark which is one of the parts of these projects has been member in UNESCO and EGN. For accepting as a geopark need a long process including education, tourism, infrasturucture, and budget. Levent Valley is one of the geopark projects on going. We have prepared maps, and determine geosites and georoute, and organized education programme and eventually we started rate of incidence of tourist mobility. In this study we made assessment of geosites in Levent Valley and it evaluates the framework of geopark criteria.

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Geopark , Jeosite , Jeoarchaeology and Levent Valley

Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi