Abstract
AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM: VANDALISM
Dr. Ozgur Yerli*
ABSTRACT
Vandalism can be defined as the act of purposely and willingfully harming a property, vehicle or product belonging to a person or a public entity. When considered from the environmental point of view, people are often confronted with practical reflections of vandalism in everyday life. For example: Names engraved on the surface of a tree or on a bank in the park, broken lighting fittings, writings on the walls, unusable public toilets. In this paper, the urban areas where the problem of vandalism is observed are examined and examples related to them are presented. The problem of vandalism is related to the concepts of environment, locality, belonging, and ownership, and solution proposals are presented.
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