DEFINING AND DEVELOPING A RURALITY INDEX FOR TURKEY
Correctly defining the term “rural” and determining the rurality level of provinces/regions are very important for effective regional/rural planning. A well- defined and consistent rurality index will be useful in putting forward the current rurality level of regions and in implementing appropr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Bucharest
2022-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jurareview.ro/resources/pdf/volume_33_defining_and_developing_a_rurality_index_for_turkey_abstract.pdf |
| Summary: | Correctly defining the term “rural” and
determining the rurality level of provinces/regions are very
important for effective regional/rural planning. A well-
defined and consistent rurality index will be useful in
putting forward the current rurality level of regions and in
implementing appropriate rural development policies. In
this study, a rurality index was developed, and the rurality
level was calculated at provincial level in Turkey. As Multi-
Criteria Decision-Making techniques, Entropy and TOPSIS
methods were used in the study. Eighteen variables were
used under four sections, which are: (1) demographic, (2)
economic, (3) agriculture and livestock activities, and (4)
urbanisation and infrastructure. Provinces were ranked
and divided into five categories according to their rurality
level and a rurality map was created for Turkey. It is also
expected that the results would be useful for policy makers. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-4082 2068-9969 |