TÜRKİYE’DE ŞEHİRLEŞMENİN MEKANSAL DAĞILIŞI ve DEĞİŞİMİ Spatial Distribution of Urbanization and Its Change in Turkey

Abstract

% 2-2.5 nüfus artışına sahne olurken, orta büyüklükteki şehirler % 3.5, büyük şehirler % 4-5, milyonluk şehirler ise % 6 oranında büyümektedir. Bu durum, Türkiye'de şehirleşmenin metropolleşmeye doğru kaydığını göstermektedir. Bu süreçle birlikte Türkiye'de metropolitan köy olgusu hızla yayılmaktadır. Abstract: Spatial distribution of urbanization and its change that reflecting to three time cross-sections during Republican Period of Turkey is taking into consideration in this article. Census evidences in the years 1927,1960 and 2000 of State Institute of Statistics were evaluated. Urbanization in the developing countries, which were integrated into the industrialization process afterwards like Turkey, is the evidence that has a demografic character gained an acceleration starting from mid-twentieth century. This situation can be traced from increasing both in rates of urbanized population in total population and the number of urban settlements. Urbanization levels are seen as 71 % in 2000, 33 % in 1960 as it was 24 % in 1927. Urbanitaziton was rapidly spread spatially from western sides of the country to central and southern sides from 1927 to 2000. When Marmara and Agean regions previously were the conspicuous areas in view of urbanization, additionally, Central Anatolian and Mediterranean Regions were also estabilished rapid developments. Urban hierarchy,at the same time, was