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Global warming and the associated climate changes are considered by many to be the biggest problem facing world societies. The important role falls to the individual as well as institutions in the fight against this problem. Issues related to shopping behaviors, household practices and lifestyles cause environmental pollution and increase greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, the findings regarding the relationship between environmental awareness, environmental household practices and purchasing behavior, and the effect of socioeconomic characteristics of parents on this relationship are presented by using the data obtained from 403 households in Niğde. It was concluded that the awareness that constitutes a dimension of environmental awareness increased with the education of parents, whereas education is not sufficient for environmental behaviors. A similar result was obtained in terms of household income. When the findings obtained in the study are taken into consideration as a whole, it is concluded that the environmental awareness remaining in the awareness dimension is not sufficient for the implementation of environmental practices of the households, the households can only support the reduction of environmental problems by reaching environmental awareness at the level of internalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Blue Flag is an international environmental award issued to yachts, whale-watching boats, beaches and marinas and was also firstly implemented in France in 1985. In this study, situation analysis according to countries was done by referring the importance of Blue Flag System in marine tourism sector and its assessment criteria. Blue Flag implementation which occupies a critical role in development of coastal zone management has great importance in enhancing environmental awareness and in the protection of coastal zones. The number of countries which implements Blue Flag System has been increasing in years because of that Blue Flag System provides competitive advantage in the tourism sector. In addition, the increasing number of facilities carrying Blue Flag within the countries which implements Blue Flag System reveals that these countries are becoming more sensitive and meticulous in implementation of this system. Considering the current situation of Turkey which is one of the implementer of Blue Flag, Turkey had 6 Blue Flag beaches and 9 Blue Flag marinas in 1994, while this number increased to 436 beaches and 22 marinas entitled to hold Blue Flag in 2015. This situation has increased to Turkey to the 2nd place in the international rankings in terms of Blue Flag beaches and to the 7th place in terms of Blue Flag marinas. Besides, in 2007 there were no Blue Flag yachts which hoist Turkish Flag, this number increased to 14 Blue Flag yachts in 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]