İDARİ SINIRLARA DAYALI PLANLAMANIN DEĞİŞTİRİLEBİLİRLİĞİ VE HAVZA TEMELLİ İL SINIRLARI ÖNERİSİ

The fact that the administrative organization which lays the foundations of decision generation process is not based on natural boundaries is one of the significant reasons for the inadequacy of the precautions taken and the decisions generated in planning for the protection of the nature and for the difficulties encountered in putting them into practice. In other words, the provincial boundaries which constitute the framework of the administrative organization where planning is currently authorized do not coincide with the natural boundaries. In this study, it was considered that river basins are natural boundaries which should be taken as a basis for the protection of water cycle - resources and it was aimed to the redefine the provincial boundaries compatible with basins. For the realization of the aim, changeability of provincial boundaries was examined and no criterion was identified regarding how the current provincial boundaries are determined. In the case of the absence of criteria hindering the said change, it was demonstrated that the provincial boundaries are changeable and thus the proposal of new provincial boundaries based on basin boundaries was generated. Key words: Ecology, city planning, natural boundary, river basin, province boundary.