Författare: Munir Ozturk Recep Efe Georges Cravins

Prof. Dr. Recep Efe was born in Turkey (1958). He has authored a number of scientific books, more than 90 papers in refereed scientific journals and conference proceedings. His research emphasis has been ecosystem analysis, ecology, geomorphology, land cover change, vegetation analysis, climate, coastal zone and river basin management. He is, or has been, on the editorial boards of five international journals in Ecology and Geography. He is member of the European Geosciences Union, Balkan Geographical Association, and International Geographical Union. Georges G. Cravins is Professor of Geography at University of Wisconsin –La Crosse, USA. He obtained his Ph.D., Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1988. He has authored several Research Reports, Articles in refereed journals, and Monographs on Human Geography. He has been involved in numerous research activities associated with Political and human geography. His research interests include political and economic geography, as well as the processes of globalization and its impacts on people and the environment. Prof. Dr. Münir Öztürk-born in Kashmir-India (1943) has a proven track record of over 200 research publications in highly reputed professional journals, in the fields of ecology and environmental sciences, in addition to 20 chapters in Int. Books. Has published 21 books (2 by Birkhauser Verlag and 1 by Springer), and received more than 15 honours or awards. Two plant species named after him are; Sideritis öztürkii and Verbascum öztürkii.Prof. Dr. h. c. Ibrahim Atalay was born in Turkey in 1947. He received his bachelor and master degrees in Geography from the University of Istanbul. He obtained his Ph.D. in Geography from Istanbul University; He has authored more than 30 scientific books and over 100 paper in scientific journals and conference proceedings. He was awarded ”Professoris Honoris Causa” title by the University of Bucharest. He was selected in 500 Greatest Geniuses of the 21 th Century due to dedicated and influential success in the field of Geography and Ecology by the American Biographical Institute.