Özet:

With the continuous increase in the number of visitors in protected areas, it is increasingly difficult to identify and manage the effects of visitors’ activities. This situation also affects the decision-making processes of the field managers and makes sustainable management complex. The normative approach is an adapted approach to natural resources management from the disciplines of social sciences to the aim of improving resource values and the quality of user experience in these areas where recreational activities take place and also to help the field management. Norms are standards that people use to assess the consequences of their behavior or behavior as acceptable or unacceptable. Norms therefore help managers in regulating management decisions by defining what behavior or conditions should be. In this study, the normative approach involved in the study of visitor management and in this context, the concept of norm, how norms are measured and how they find a place in visitor management.

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