Environmental Master Plans for Preserving Natural and Cultural Environment: The Zonguldak, Bartın and Karabük Planning Region

This study discusses the scenario, strategies and policies to be developed for the preservation of the natural and the cultural/historical environments which are of significance in the 1/100000 scale Environmental Master Plans prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in recent years through the case of Zonguldak, Bartın, Karabük Planning Region for which the plan was completed in 2007.   Keywords: Environmental master plan, preservation, natural environment, historical sites, strategy, policy.