Reading the Modernity and Postmodernity Conditions and Hierarchies of Turkish Cities with PCA and Cluster Analysis: Using SEDIs and Developing a New Set of Indicators

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https://doi.org/10.5821/ace.16.48.10621

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City planning, modernity-postmodernity, city hierarchy, PCA-cluster analysis

Abstract

This study aims to investigate modernity and postmodernity conditions and hierarchies of Turkish cities. The conceptual framework of modernism and postmodernism concerning space has been discussed, and it has been tried to develop indicators suitable for the quantitative analysis of the modernity/postmodernity conditions of the cities. The post-1990 Turkish Socio-Economic Development Index (SEDI) data sets were used as secondary data, and a new set of indicators was developed to rank the levels of modernity and postmodernity hierarchies of cities. 12 criteria defining modernism and 22 criteria defining postmodernism were determined under the headings of "organizational/managerial", "economic", "social/ethical", and "spatial". Cities are clustered by evaluating 34 criteria obtained by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Cluster Analysis methods. The method used here, and the field research findings are candidates to fill the gap in understanding modern and postmodern urban space in Turkey and are expected to contribute to balanced urban development and hierarchy studies in the field of city and regional planning in future studies.

Author Biographies

Kubra Cihangir-Çamur, Gazi University

Has been an associate professor doctor since 2009 at Gazi University, Architecture Faculty, City and Regional Planning Department. After graduating from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 1986 as a city and regional planner with a second degree, I practiced on “squatter settlements improvement plans” at Ankara (Greater City and Keçiören) Municipalities for two years. I started to my academic profession in 1988 at Gazi University in the Department of City and Regional Planning. My master thesis was on “An Assessment of Macroform Effects of Improvement Plans and Planning Practice in Ankara”. I continued my studies on the subject of neo-liberal urbanization policies and their spatial reflections on urban areas, and I completed my PhD in Ankara University in the Department of Public Administration and Political Sciences in 2000. In undergraduate education, I lecture Planning Studio V and VI, Urban Geography, Legal issues in Urban Planning, Current Urban Planning Approaches courses and, in graduate education Urbanization Laboratory, Spatial Planning in European Union, Legal and Administrative Dimensions of Planning courses. My studies focus on urban planning, urban geography, environmental protection, urban politics and legal issues, gender issues and spatial equality of urban others. I have also been working as a member of the “Cultural Assets Protection Board” on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism since 2009. My main recent studies are on tourism planning policies and tourism entrepreneurship, legislative planning framework, urban gender issues, rural-urban conservation policies, and modern-postmodern urban space

Ahmet-Burak Kaya, Atatürk University

Ahmet Burak Kaya has been a research assistant at Atatürk University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Department of City and Regional Planning since 2009. My areas of interest are socio-economic development, urban geography and urban theories.

 

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Published

2022-02-28

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Year 16, issue 48 (Feb. 2022)

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