Relations between rural development projects and urban migration: the Köykent Project in Turkey

Erdönmez, Cihan; Özden, Sezgin

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“…Also they found that people living in more rural municipalities have a more favorable attitude towards human use and interaction with national forests than respondents, who tend to be more urban. ERDÖNMEZ & ÖZDEN's (2009) research results showed that the rural development project that focuses on meeting the needs of rural population and creating job opportunities influences the migration of people from villages to the cities. On the other hand the most average citizen's interests are focused on conserving forests conserving and on using those places to recreation (KROTT, 2005).…”

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Differences between urban and rural population with respect to demand on forestry aspects, in a case study of the Turkish province of Bal kesir

Erol

2012

Cienc. Rural

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Differences between urban and rural population with respect to demand on forestry aspects, in a case study of the Turkish province of Bal kesir

Erol

2012

Cienc. Rural

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“…Scientific studies and some national documents were used as the essential resources for concepts determination (BACON et al, 2012;BOWE & MARCOUILLER, 2007;ERDÖNMEZ & ÖZDEN, 2009;ERDÖNMEZ & YURDAKUL EROL, 2010;GALDEANO-GÓMEZ et al, 2016;MADU, 2007;MoARA, 2010). To standardize the process, 10 expressions were determined for each category.…”

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A qualitative and quantitative analysis of Turkish forest policy documents in the rural development scope

Erol

Yıldırım

2017

Cienc. Rural

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The interaction between forest resources and forest villagers has made rural development a privileged component of Turkish forest policy. In this context the main aim of the study was to investigate the framing of rural development issues in national forest policy by using content analysis method. The economic aspect is the most prominent dimension regarding rural development in the context of national forest policy, environmental and socio-cultural factors follow it respectively. Also, the main approach depends on supporting the forest villagers and its development is seen as an essential tool to protect the forest resources.

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“…ORKOY (forest village) projects have been conducted by the state since 1970 (Toros et al 1997 ) in various regions of Turkey (Türker et al 2003 ; Çoskun et al 2007 ; Önal and Bekiroğlu 2011 ; Kızılaslan 2014 ). Furthermore, the sample of Mesudiye from among village-city projects (Çolakoğlu 2007 ; Erdönmez 2005 ; Erdönmez and Özden 2009 ) can be given as an example of activities in support of and behind the development of forest villagers. Despite all efforts, forest villagers have still been reported in the literature as the poorest rural segment of the Turkish population (Duruöz et al 1976 ; Geray 1989 ; Atmiş et al 2009 ; Erdönmez et al 2010 ; Alkan and Kiliç 2014 ).…”

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The relationship between terrain and rural migration (1965–2013) on the north of Turkey (the case of Kastamonu)

Buğday

Özden

2017

Environ Monit Assess

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Migration is one of the most important issues in Turkey today. Notably, the state forest enterprises are affected by the social, economic, and ecological dimensions of migration; these enterprises find it increasingly difficult to find labor to operate effectively in the forestry activities with each passing day. This study examined population movement over the 1965–2013 period in Kastamonu forest villages to assess how topographical factors affected this movement. Kastamonu is the province in which most of Turkey’s forest products are produced, and 99% of the province’s rural population consists of forest villagers. This study investigated population fluctuations of 883 villages within and 137 villages adjacent to these forests and found a negative linear tendency in these populations. The purpose of this study is to identify a relationship between the decreasing population and the terrain of the forest villages (including aspect, slope, elevation, and distance to the provincial and district centers) using spatial, simple, and partial correlation analyses. The statistical analysis revealed a negative and significant relationship between population decrease and terrain. As a result, without taking the other reasons for migration into account, the tendency of the rural migration was determined to increase as the slope, elevation, and distance to the province centers increased. The basis for a predictive model of forest villagers’ migration might thus be created by this study. Also, the driving force of migration might be revealed through quantitative modeling, and this might help create more rational development plans and programs.

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Relations between rural development projects and urban migration: the Köykent Project in Turkey

Abstract: In Turkey, migration from rural areas to the cities began in the 1950s. Although various rural development

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Differences between urban and rural population with respect to demand on forestry aspects, in a case study of the Turkish province of Bal kesir

Differences between urban and rural population with respect to demand on forestry aspects, in a case study of the Turkish province of Bal kesir

A qualitative and quantitative analysis of Turkish forest policy documents in the rural development scope

The relationship between terrain and rural migration (1965–2013) on the north of Turkey (the case of Kastamonu)

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