Environmental pollution and solution recommendations of Konya City, Turkey

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out environmental problems of Konya city, Turkey, by means of evaluating the present studies related statistics, field survey performed the city. As the result of the survey; air and noise pollution were pinpointed in the city center as the most important environmental pollution, while agricultural land lose and water pollution were determined as the most important environmental problem in the city boundaries and in Konya Province respectively. The recommendations which can be useful for the solution were made for the improvement of the city as a contemporary settlement. © 2006 Asian Network for Scientific Information.