PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 20, Issue no.1/ 2026

Authors :

Ahmet KOÇ 1* , Canan KOÇ 2, Meryem Bihter BINGÜL BULUT 3 , Sena Nur ANGIN 4 , Ilker ANGIN 5, Sülem SENYIGIT DOGAN 1

1 Dicle University, Diyarbakir Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Parks and Horticulture, Diyarbakir/Türkiye

2 Dicle University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Diyarbakir/Türkiye 

3 Kirikkale University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Landscape Architecture, Kirikkale/Türkiye

 4 Amasya University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture, Türkiye 

5 Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Erzurum/Türkiye

E-mail : * Corresponding author: ahmet.koc@dicle.edu.tr

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2026201002

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